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O. D. GORMAN & R. A. HOI..MRS, Proprietors.
VOL. IV.
Change of Schedule.
GENERAL MJTBINTENDENTS OFFICE, )
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, >
Savannah, Sept. 28th, 187*2. J
OH \NI) AFTER SI'N’DAY, SKIT. *B,
PlMMenger trains on this Road will run as
follows:
EXPRESS PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah daily at 4:30 p m
Arrive at Jesu] “ “ 7:40 pm
Arrive at Bainoridge “ 7:15 a m
Arrive at Albany " “ 9:05 a m
Arrive at Live Oak 4 * “ 2:55 a m
Leave Live Oak 44 4 ‘ 11:30 p m
Leave Albany 44 44 5:20 pm
Leave Uuinbridgo 44 44 6:50 pm
Leave Jesup 44 44 6:50 a m
Arrive at Savannah “ 44 10:00 agu
Connect at L ve Oak with traine on the J., P.
A M. Railroad for and from Jacksonville and
Tallahassee.
No change of earn between Savannah and Al
bany.
Close connection at Baldwin with trains on
Florida Railroad, to and from Fernaudina and
Cedar Keys.
Sleeping car on this train.
Close connection at Albany with trains on
Southwestern Railroad.
Passengers to and from Brunswick make dose
connection with this train.
MACON PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah^Sundays excepted) at 7:00 p m
Arrive at Jcsup 44 “10:25 p m
Arrive at Macon (Mondays excepted) 44 6:45 a m
I/eave Macon (Saturdays excepted) “ 7:45 p m
Leave Jesup (Sundays excepted) “ 4:15 a m
Arrive a* Savannah “ 44 7:30 a m
Clone connection at Macon, both ways, with
Macau and Western Railroad trains to and from
A ianta.
Passengers for Macon on Sunday, will fak
4.30 r. m. express train from Savannah.
PasscngerM from Macon on Saturday night,
will arrive in Savaniifth by 10 00 a.m. express
train on Sunday.
No change of cars between Savannah and Ma
con.
Accommodation will leave Savan
nah Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:35
a. m. ; arrive same days at 6:40 i> m.
H. S. HAINES. Geu’l Sup’t.
Change of Schedule.
SOWTHWESTERN lItII.ROAD OFFICE, )
Macon, June 13. 1872. (
/ AN’ and after Sunday next, June 16th, Pas
V_/ senger aud Mail Trains on this Road, will
run as follows:
COLUMBUS MVIL. TRAIN.
Leave Macon 5:45 a m
Arrive at (relieve . . 9:52 a m
Arrive at Columbus 11:15 a m
Columbus 4:10 pm
Arrive at Geneva 6:00 p m
Arrive at Macou 9:35 p m
COLI MHUI KUBT FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
THAIS.
Leave Macon 8:15 p M
Arrive at Geneva 2:16 a m
Amve at Columbus 4:45 a m
Loave Columbus . 8:05 p m
Arrive at Geneva 10:33 P n
Arriue at Macon 4:10 a m
These trains canned with Central Railroad
Trains at Macon for Savannah and Augusta; at
Tilu:nhuH with Western Railroad for Mont •orn
ery, and Mobil* and Girard Railroad for Union
Springs.
VIRGIL POWERS,
Engineer and Superintendent.
Mai ton & I Irunswicli
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Change of Schedule.
SUPERINTENDENT S OFFICE, I
Maoon, Ga., June 15. 1872. \
OS AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE Kith.
1872, the following schedules will lie run:
Accommodation Train,
DAILY EX.CEFI' SUNDAY.
Lear© Macon 8:20 a m
Arrive at Jesup 5:52 i*m
Arrive at Brunswick 10:00 p m
Arrive at Savannah 0:30 r m
Leave Brunswick 4:30 a m
Leave Savannah 4:00 a m
Arrive at Jesup 6:45 a M
Arrive at Macon 5:20 p m
HAWKIMSVILLE TRAIN DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED. )
Lav® Hawkinsville 7:(M) a m
Arrive at Macon 10:30 a m
Leave Macon 2:55 P m
Arrive at Hawkinsrille 6 :30 p m
Mm McRAE, Gen’l Sup’t
Change of Schedule.
NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN AUGUS
TA AND COLUMBUS.
GENERAL BTJPERINTENDT’S OFFICE, )
Georgia Central Railroad, >
Savannah, September 27, 1872. )
ON and after Sunday, the 16th inst., Passen
ger Trains on the Georgia Central Railroad,
it* branches and connections, will run as follows:
UP DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah 8:45 am
Leave Augusta 9:00 am
Arrive at Augusta 5:30 P m
Arrive at Milledgeville 11:50 p m
Arrive at Eatoutoi 1:55 p m
Arrive at Macon 7:15 p m
Leave Macon for Atlanta 10:00 p m
Leave Macon for Columbus 8:05 p m
Arrive at Atlanta 6:06 a m
Arrive at Columbus 4:00 a m
Making close connection with trains leaving
Augusta, Atlanta and Columbus.
THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL POINTS can
be had at the Central Railroad Ticket Office at
Pulaski House, corner of Bull and Brvan streets.
Office op en from 8 a m to 1 p m. and from 3 to fc 6
p m Tickets can also be had at Depot Office.
WILLIAM ROGERS,
General Superintendant.
E. GK SIMMONS,
Attorney at Law,
THOMASTON, GEORGIA.
The Rankin House
(Formerly COOK'S HOTEL.)
Broad Street, Columbus, Ga.
ej. W. RYAN,
Proprietor.
The above establishment, being the most cen
trally located in the city, and having recently at
groat oxpenc, boon thoroughly refitted and refur
nished, is now open foj the accommodation of
regular and Transient customers.
The proprietor, with an experience of many
years us a caterer, feels an assurance that he can
guaranree satisfaction to all who may favor him
with their patronage.
The rooms are large and airv. and fill with
comfortable beds and neat furniture.
Tables will lie supplied with the best the coun
try affords. Attentive and polite waiters in at
tendance.
Truvlin public respectfully invited to try me.
J AMES W. RY AN.
N. B. Kept both on the American and Euro
pean plan. Nov. 1 tf.
COLUMIIUN
STEAM PLANING MILLS,
Corner St. Clair and Jackson Sts.,
Columbus, ( eoi’gin.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Sash, Blinds, Doors, Mouldings
and Ornamental Scroll Work.
Dry Drest Flooring and Ceiling Tongue Groov
ed, and W< ath r-bo.irdiu lor sale.
WJS HAVE FOR BALK
no an lers v on tan ie s te. t m ex< ;/.v es
For Saw Mills and Plantation nso.
Iron aud Wire Railing, for Count -. . aud
Cm torictf.
Wood-Working Machin rv of all kinds kept on
hand.
my3o-ly. R. R. GOETCHIUS A CO.
MARK BLANDFORD. I.EI-.SE UUWVFOKI).
BLANDFORD & CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMIHIK GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the Chatta
hoochee circuit.
?. f-W* Business from Talbot county attended to
with care and disnateh. jnc 6-1 v
WILLIAM BRYCE & CO.,
Cotton Factors,
29 Chambers & 5 Reade Streets, New York.
liberal advances on Consignments
and execute orders for pnrduise, and sale of
Contracts in the Cotton Exchange. oet 3-6 m.
EINSTEIN, ECKMAN & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
I)r, Goods, Hoots, lints unit
(’lulliing, Etc.
ir.l .nil 15:t CONGRESS STREET,
oct 3rd. tjaramiah. tin.
CAMPBELL & JONES,
Cotton Factors,
MACON, GEORGIA.
piT Agents for the Winsliiji Improved Cotton
Gin. Agents for Jno. Merrsmau & Co.’s Am
moniated Dissolved Bones. Special attention
given t the wile of Cotton. Liberal advances
made on Cotton in Store. net 3-3. t
W. 11. HUGHES,
Warehouse and Commission
Merchant.
COLIN BUS, GKOIiGIA.
octlO- 3 in
W. DUNCAN. J. H. JOHNSTON. M. MACLEAN.
DUNCAN & JOHNSTON
Cotton 1/actors,
—and—
(Tuner a I Commission Merchants,
92 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
Agents for the following standard Fertil
izers: Kittlonill’s A. A. Guano; Barmy’s Ex
celsior Guano; Phospiiatic Blood Guano.
P&'XM orders for tlin above Fertilizers for
this county will la* tilled by (). D. Gorman,
Agent. oct 3-6 in
READ THIS!
AT PAEKEB’S AGRICULTURAL DF.POT,
MACON, GA.,
Grneat Bargains!
ARE OFFERED THE PEOPLE OF
Talbotand AdjoiningGounties,
—IN—
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
CONSISTING, IN EAIiT, OF
Plows, Mills, Gins, Wagon Bodies, Cot
ton Seed Hallers, Cultivators, Pip
ing, Hose, Couplings, Sweeps,
Bull Tongues,Plow Points,
Land Slides, Mould
Boards, Grind
Stones,Corn
Shelters, Straw Cutters
and many other of the most useful implements
needed on the Farm.
fail to call and examine the stock
' as you will find something you want at low tig
/urea. T. B, COX,
Nov. 2*-tf. Asvigver.
“WII VT IS rr BUT A MAP OF BUSY LIFE, ITS FLUCTUATIONS AND ITS VAST CONCERNS/'
TALBOTTON, GA., THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 1873.
A. A. W INN,
with
GHO OV K I*. STUBBS & C (~
COTTON FAC TORS,
AND
Goncral Commission MoroTiant,
94 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
V'*' 4 *Bagging, Tit s, Rope, and other Supplies
furnished. Also. Liberal Cash Advances made
on Consignments for Sale or Shipment tol.iv r
pool ‘>v Northern Ports. o<M3-9;u.
A. M. SLOAN, J - H. SLOAN.
A. M. CO..
Colton Fncto.vsg
Commission Merchants,
And Agents for I ho Celebrated
Etiwax and Soi.rm.r. Ska Island Gianos,
Clu thorn & Ounnin 'ham’s Range,
13AY ST., S\V ANY ' IT. O\. net 3-i’m.
MEINHARD EAOA. & CO.,
WIIOI.KSAT.F. Di:.VLF.r.H IN
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS
READY-MADE CLOTH!.n’G,
(ionJlt m-'n’s F sniishing God ,
120 Broughton Street, Savunrah, Ga.
H. Meinhnrd. ' M u’i rd. S. MroitmH, E. \.
Wei . Offle,- 3!)<! and 3!)S Br :> 1 av.N.Y ocf3-3ni
HABDEBAH & SPA PIS,
WAREHOUSE
—:axd:--
Commission Merchants,
M ACON, G \.,
Tender (heir uel-vioiM to the Blauters of Middle
aud Southwest!ru G. r.i.i, lor ‘he
SALE & STORAGE IT COTTON,
sent 20-3 m.
1 . . W. 11 ;i is rt ill ,
DEALER IN
LIQUOKS, WINES, ETC.,
MACON, GA.
Great bargains offered to *be trade. njiM-ly,
AY. R . Iv K X l\
MANUFACTURER AND DEAI.g.U IN'
Harness, Saddles, Bridles,
Collars. Whins, R.ih s. Him 1 !-. Hruslies.
(-niubc, IlariHss Trhniuhi s. I’: s, A <*.
102 It oad Si;t‘j*(, t lma!)!!-, ;.
on hand the CclobrCcd Va num
Blacking, for Harness. Baits. Sho.-s, Bug-.-
Tops, Ac., ina .u actured by Vac.-mr.u Oil C>..
Roc.h ester, N. Y.
promptly at tended to. nov7 3m
W'. L. SALISBURY. A. O. BLAOKMAR,
Pres’t. Cashier.
MMHTS & IESn*,SII)S
SAVIN’S BANK
( ’< )1 mill >11;-?, (_• 11.
math- fr- ■ of cb vrge. Now
York Correspondent: The X i<i;:i .1 Park B ink.
W. L. Sallsrury, formerly of Wumock Si Cos.
A. Illoes, of Prccr, Ulgt sA (!n.
W. It. IJhown, of Columbus Iron Works.
N. N. Curtis, of Wells, Curtis Sl Cos.
C. A. Redd, fC. A. Red ! &Cos nov7-0m
IF YOU WANT TO BUT
GOOD AND CHEAP GOOD3!
At
J. M. BENNETT’S,
'Z'Z Pronil i.. oliuiabim, (la.,
Wh< rr- yru will find a go il assortment of Cook
in'.; ad ili a'ing Slovos, Grates. 11 inbvaro, Tin
ware an i Hollow Ware, Table ami Kix ket Cut
lery. nov 7-lim.
C o 1,15 JI ii i; k
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
[Branch of the Alabama Busincsss Colic o.]
Hroud :t re it, C oSiimßtis, Georgia.
A. T. CLARK, A. M., Principal.
Design To Educate Young Men for Business.
The above col 1< gc \h > .ei; the entire year and
is in s ssion i>otii day and .veiling. J .lie course
of training is thorough and practic-d. aid the
advantages offered forobtai nog a L l>; s
iness eaucation -ir-; unsurpiv.-d by any other
School oi the ■ . n any ol ur cities. Ouiline
of course same as laid out in catalogue of the Al
abama Business College.
For Catalogues, Circulars. Ac., apply at the
over Pease’s Book Store, or address A.
T. Clark, Glumbus, Ga. oct 31-tf.
Farm For Sale.
A fiist-rate small farm, lying one mile and a
half west of Bellevue on the Alabama road.
It contains 245 acres, with about 50 well tim
bered, the balance in good ord r for cultivation,
also, a neat fjamw dwelling house and other
necessary buildings, small select orchard, good
garden, line well of waft r and a splendid power
1< r mill or gin.
A bargain can be had by apph ing between
now a id the first of Jannar , as J. wish to sell
lor the purpose of removing to Texas.
nov2S It BENJAMIN BEACH.
1 Nearly nil diseases crlginato from Indigestion
and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is always
anxiously sought after. Tf the Liver is Regulat
ed m its action, health is almost invariablv se
cured. Want of action in the Liver causes
Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the
Shouldi rs. Cough. Chills. Dizzines --, Sour Stom
ach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious attacks,
I Palpitation of the Hi art, Depression of Spirits,
or the Blues, and a hundred other symptoms,
I for which Simmons’ Liver Regulator is the best
remedy that has ovu been discovered. It. nets
mildly, effe dually, and hchnr ;i simple vo viable
eompnund, n tin h > injury m am tpiantities
| that it nifty be tak'en. It is ! arm'ess in every
way: it has b■•en used for 40 years, and hun
•lr , ds of the good .uul great from all parts of the
i eouiury will vouch lor its being tli * pure and
best.
The symptoms • f liver complaint are uneasi
ness and pain in the i ' de. Sonu times the pain
is in th<* should'T. nod is mist-do n for tli * Rlu u
ma-ism. The st.Min.vli i.v aff e-tc-.l with the loss
oi appetite and aickmiss, bowels in general cos
tive. sometimes alternating with lax The head
is tnmbl and with pain, and dull, heavy sensation,
considerable lmss • 1 momorc, accompanied with
painful sensation of have left undone sem thing
which ought, to have be n and ne. Often com
plaining ol w ahness deb : l : ty, and low spirits.
SometimcK many of the above symptoms attend
the disease, and ut olh* r ‘inn's very few of them;
but tin. Liver is generally the organ most in
volved.
Price -1.00 per paekag •; s* lit by mail, postage
paid a 1.25: prt gared. n ady for use, in bottles,
$1.50. Manufactured <<nlv bv
J. 11. /El Id N A CO..
Macon. Ga., and ldiiliadelphia.
X'?- Sold by all Druggists. jne 13-tl.
h. r r. imo x.
O jr WA R J).
THE medical revolution which commenced
years ago with the gradual disuse •! blood-letting,
salivation, drastic purgatives, and powa rml opi
j ates, goes bravi ly and gloriously on. Every day
I the sick grow wiser. They arc no long* r ’.villi g
I to open their mouths, shut their eye-, and take
whalever the d-'etors are jdcnsccl to pic-scribe,
'. e'hout impiirv. Tliev want to knmv the na
| Biro of tho rnt.’iioiiii-K !h"V ore <1 <in,l to nwal
! low. and !< maud to hive the, my mu-ions Imtin
i ling of the prolessi6n Jfaiuslati ;l into plain Eu-
ITio Invalid World understands at last that
| VIGOR is the gr at antu onii-j oi disease. The
I leeble and • line to be utter y prostrated by deplet
ing pills ami potions, and turning from such
nc udieainenls with loathing, judiciously pla<-c
their trust in a remedy which combim s with Iht
properties of an Alterative t.iiiß.c of a pure and
...bout t welve years sine* this grand desideratum
was introduced under the name of
] y L ANTATION BITTERS,
j and from that ti:no to the pivae.nL ils progress
has b en witliouL a paiull ! .u the history of
proprietary m- Lein h. With the spirit ol the
sug a '-HR!- tixe mo.-.I ; .utri'l- ...s < .'all stimulants
for it-- b e.is. and inedicatcd sold;, with the
juices and ( x r.mts of rare vegetable specifies,
such as Uaiis.iyu Bark, the best known 'J’oiiic
that the worn] produces, and which makes it by
all odds the most unobjec ionable invigoraut,
corrective and general alterative that has evci
been placed by science within the reach of the
sick, the sutf ring, and the despondent, lienee
it lias overleaped all competition, and Plantation
Bitters is to day the most popular 'lonic on eith
er side of the Atlantic.
Mexican Mustang Liniment.
FOE MAN AND BEAST.
Probably few artid - have ever had so exten
sive a sale.* while, none have been more urivcr
sallv beneficial than the celebr.di and Mexican Mus
tang Liniment. Children, Adults. Horses and
Domestic Animals, • i always liable to accident,
and it is safe to say, tiiat no fnmiii can pass a
single season without some kind of an emollient
b ing necessary. It Lew .mesa matter of import
ance then to secure tin b st.
The merits of the M xican Mustang Liniment
arc, well known thr ughout lh habitable world.
From the nullum upon million of bottles sold,
no complaint has iv. r reached ni. It is recom
mended for Cuts, Bruises, ripiains Rhenmatism,
S.veilings. Bites, Uhilblaius. tb-., upon man,and
e;pavins, Fovndc:s, Ring-bone,Pr H Evil,Scratch
es, Wind-Gabs, Hoojale, Ac., upon horses.
I ImilOl Hllkt to 'AVSUTS Of lloi*B<*S.
I “This is to certify, Tiiat tin Mexican Mustang
Liniment has be n evienshely used in oar sta
bles throughout t!ie omatry (we have 2.500
horses; with the greatest benefit in all cases of
galls, kicks, sprains, lameness, stiffness, etc.
I Many of our meu have had occasion to use it in
I their families, and ail speak ol it in the highest
I terms. One of ourmem got kick and and bad y
cut aud bruised; us usual, the Mustang Lini
ment vvu > resoned ft>: the lameness was remov
! cd, and he was almost w. 11 in lour days. Wo
can cheerfully rccoimneml it as a valuable prep
aration for man or beast.
Yours respectfully,
DENNING,
Foreman Adam:: A Cos. 's Express Stables, N. Y.
“We take great pleasure in recommending the
Mexican Mustang Liniment as an indispensable
and valuable maicic, and tlio best we have ever
used for Sprains, Son s or Galls on Lorres.
Some of our men have also used it, lor severe
burns and sores, as well as rheumatic pains, and
all say.it acts like magic.
J. H. HEWITT, Foreman.
For American Express Go., 10 Wall Street; Har
den’s Express Cos., 71 Broadway; Pullen, Virgil
t Cos., Express Cos 11 Wall St.; \Yells, Fargo A
Cos., H Wail Street.
Over three hundred livery stables in the city
of New York alone are using the Mexican Mus
tang Liniment, in all of which it gives unusual
satisfaction.
ca urlo y
Some unprincipled partes have undertaken to
counterfeit this Liniment. The genuine is wrap
ped in a fine Meet engraving, with “O'. IF.
Westbrook , Chemist ,” and Mark MEXI
CA X MV ST ANO LIXIMFX TANARUS, ’engraved acres
the face of each wrapper. The whole bears the
proprietor's private United States Revenue
Stamp, and not a common stamp as used by
druggists.
Lyon Manufacturing Cos.,
53 Park Place, N. Y.
BISIIOC POTTS.
BY MAX ADELER.
Bishop Potts, of Salt Lake City, was
the husband of three wives and the hap
py father of fifteen interesting children.
Early in tho winter the bishop deter
mined that his little ones should have a
good time on Christmas, so he conclud
ed to take a trip down to San Francis
co to see what he could find in the shape
of toys with which to gratify and amuse
them. The good bishop packed hiscar-
I pet-bag, embraced Mrs. Potts one by
] one and kissed each of her affectionate-
I ly and started upon his journey.
lie was gone a little more than a week,
J when he came hack with fifteen bcauti
j ful mouth organs in his valise for his
darlings. He got out of the train at
Salt Lake.thinking how joyous andexhil
erating it would be at homo on Christ
mas morning when the whole fifteen of
those mouth organs would he in opera
tion upon different tunes at the same
time. But just as he entered the depot
he saw a group of women standing in
the ladies room, apparently waiting for
him. As soon as lie approached, the
whole twenty of them rushed up, threw
their arms about his neck and kissed
him, exclaiming:
“Oh, Theodore, we arc so—-so glad
you have come hack ! Welcome home !
\ Welcome, dear, dear Theodore! Wel
! come once more to the bosom of your
| family 1” aud then the entire score of
them fell upon his neck and cried over
his shirt front and mussed him.
| Tho bishop seemed surprised and em-
I harrassed. Struggling to disengage
I himself, he blushed and said:
“lteally, ladies, this kind of thing is
well enough—it is interesting and all
j that; hut there must be some kind of a
—tiiat is, an awkward sort of a—excuse
me, ladies, hut there seems to be, as it
were, a slight misunderstanding about
the—l am Bishsp Potts.”
J “We know it, we know it, dearest,”
j they exclaimed in chorus, “and wo are
so glad to see you safe, safe at home,
i We have all been right well while you
were away, love.”
“It gratifies mo,” remarked the bish
op, “to leant that none of you have
been a prey to disease. Jam filled with
blissful serenity when I contemplate the
fact; but really I do not understand why
you should l ush into this railway station
and hug mo because your livers arc ac
tive and your digestion good. The pre
cedent is bad; it is dangerous.”
“Oh, but we didn’t!” they exclaimed
in chorus. “Wo came here to welcome
you because you are our husband.”
“Perdon me, but there must be some
little—that is to say, as it were, I should
think not. Women,you have mistaken
your man!”
“Oh, no, dearest,” they shouted, “we
were married to you while you were
away.”
“Whnt!” exclaimed the Bishop, “you
don’t me,an to say that—”
“Yes, love. Our husband, William
Brown, died on Monday, and on Thurs
day .Brigham had a vision in which lie
was directed to seal us to you; and so
he performed the ceremony at once by
proxy.”
“Th-th-th-thu-undcr,” observed the
bishop in a general sort of way.
“And, darling, we are all living with
you now—we and the dear children.”
“Children ! children!”exclaimed bish
op Potts, turning pale, “you don’t mean
to say there is pack of children too?”
“Yes, love, but only one hundred and
twenty-five, notcounting the eight twins
and the triplets.”
I •‘Wba-wha-wha-wlmt’d you say?”
gasped the bishop in cold perspiration;
“one hundred and twent-five! One hun
dred and twenty-five children and twen
ty more wives! It is too-much it is
awful!” and the bishop sat down and
groaned, while tho late Mrs. Brown, tho
bride, stood around in a semi-circle aud
fanned him with her bonnets, all except
the red-haired olio, and she in her in
her trepidation, made a futile effort to
fan him with tho coal scuttle.
But after awhile tho Bishop became
reconciled to his new alliance, knowing
well that protests would he unavailing;
so he walked homo, holding as many of
the little hands of the bride as he could
conveniently hold in his, while the red
haireil woman carried his umbrella and
marched in front of the parade to re
move obstructions and to scare away
the small boys.
When the bishop reached tho house
lig went around among the cradles
j which filled the back parlor and the two
S secoml-storv rooms, and attempted with
such earnestness to become acquainted
with new sons and daughters that he
set tho whole one hundred and twenty
live and tho twins to crying, while his
own original fifteen stood around and
joined in tho chorus. Then tho bishop
went out and sat on the garden fence to
whittle a stick and solemnly think, while
Airs. Potts distributed herself around in
twenty-three places ami soothed the
children. It occurred to tho bishop
while he mused out there on the fence,
that he had not enough mouth organs
to go around as the family now stood;
and so, rather than seem partial, lie de
termined to go back to San Francisco
for one hundred and forty-four more.
So the bishop repacked his carpet
bag anil began again to bid farewell to
bis family. He tenderly kissed all of
Jlrs. Potts, who were at home, and start
ed for the depot, while ill s. Potts stood
at the various windows and waved her
handkerchiefs at him—all except the
woman with the warm hair, and she, in
a tit of absent-mindedness, held one of
the twins by tho leg, and brandished it
at Potts as he fled down tho streets.
The bishop reached San Francisco,
completed his purchases, and was just
about to got on the train with his one
hundred and forty-four mouth organs,
when a telegram was him. It contain
ed information to the effect that the au
burn-haired Mrs. Potts had just had a
daughter. This induced the bishop to
return to tho city for the purpose of
purchasing an additional organ.
On the following Saturday lie return
ed home. As he approached his house,
a swarm of young children flew out of
tho front gate and ran toward him,
shouting: “There’s pa! Here comes pa!
Oh, pa, hut we are glad to see you!
Hurrah for pa!” etc., etc.
The bishop looked at the children as
they flocked aud clung to his legs and
coat, aud was astonished to perceive
that they were neither his nor the late
Brown’s. He said: “You youngsters
have made a mistake; I ani not your fa
ther;” and the bishop smiled good-na
turedly.
“Oh, yes you are, though!” screamed
the little ones in chorus.
“But I say I’m not,” said the bishop,
severely and frowning; “you ought to
be ashamed of yourselves. Don't you
know where little story-tellers go? It
is scandalous for you to violate the
truth in this manner. My name is
Potts.”
“Yes, we know it is,” exclaimed the
children—“we know it is; and so is ours;
that is our name too,since tho wedding.”
“Since what wedding ?” demanded tho
bishop, turning pale.
“Why, ma’s wedding, of course. She
was married yesterday to you by Mr.
Young, and we are all living at your
house now with our new little brothers
and sisters.”
Tho bishop sat down on the pavement
and wiped away a tear. Then he asked
“Who was your father ?”
“Mr. Simpson,” said the crowd; “and
he died on Tuesday.
“And how many of his infernal old
widows—l mean how many of your mo
thers are there?
“Only twenty-seven,” replied the chil
dren, “and there are only sixty-four of
us, and we are awful glad you have
como home.”
Tho bishop did not seem unusually
glad; somehow ho failed to enter into
the enthusiasm of the occasion. There
appeared to be, in a certain sense, too
much sameness about these surprises,
so he sat there with his hat pulled over
his eyes and considered the situation.
Finally, seeing there was no help for it,
he went to tho house, and forty-eight of
Mrs Potts rushed up to him, and told
him how the prophet had had another
vision in which ho was commanded to
to seal .Simpson’s widow to Potts.
Then the bishop stumbled around
among the cradles to his writing desk,
where lie felt among tho gum rings and
rattles for his letter-paper, aud then ad
dressed a note to Brigham, asking him
as a personal favor to stay awake until
after Christmas. “Tho man must take
me for a foundling hospital,” ho said.
Then tho bishop saw clearly enough
that if he gave presents to the other
children and not to tho late Simpson’s
the bride (relict of Simpson) would pro
bably souse down on him,fumble among
his hair and make things warm for him.
So repacking his carpet-bag, he started
again for San Francisco for sixty-four
more mouth-organs, while Mrs. Potts
gradually took leave of him in the entry
—all but tho red-haired woman, who
was up stairs, and who had to be satis
fied with a screeching good-bye at the
top of hor voico.
TERMS, $2.00 PER.ANNUM .
NO. 2.
On his way home after his last visit to
San Francisco, the Bishop sat in the car
by tho sido of a man who had left Salt
Luko the day before.
The stranger was communicative. In
the course of the conversation he re
marked to the Bishop :
“That was a mighty pretty little af
fair up there at tho city on Monday.”
“What affair?” asked Potts.
“Wliv, that wedding ; McGrath's wid
ow, you know—married by proxy.
“You don’t say,” replied the Bishop.
I did not know that McGrath was
dead.”
“Yes; died on Sunday, and that night
Brigham had a vision in which he was
ordered to seal her to the Bishop.”
“Bishop!” exclaimed Potts. “Bish
op, what Bishop ?”
"Well, you see thero were fifteen of
Mrs. McGrath and eighty-two children,
and they shoved the whole lot off on old
Potts. Perhaps you don’t know him?*
The Bishop gave a wild, unearthly
shriek, and went into a historical fit, and
writhed upon the floor as if he had the
hydrophobia. When ho recovered he
leaped from the tiain and walked back
to San Francisco. He afterwards took
the first steamer to Peru, where ho en
tered a monastery and became a celi
bate.
liis carpet-bag was sent to his fam
ily. It contained the balance of tho
mouth organs. On Christmas morning
they were distribubted, and in less than
an hour the entire two hundred and
eight children were sick from sucking
the paint off’ them. A doctor was call
ed, and he seemed so much interested
in the family that Brigham devoreed
tho whole concern from old Potts and
annexed it to the doctor, who immedi
ately lost his reason, and would havo
butchered the entire family if the red
haired woman and the oldest boy had
not marched him off to a lun itic asy
lum, where ho spent his time trying to
arrive at an estimate of the number of
liis children by ciphering with an im
possible combination of the multiplica
tion table and algebra. —Philadelphia
'lb-da;/.
Tnn Stray Mule — At a meeting in a
frontier Western settlement, several
present were opposed to the organiza
tion of a Sunday school. Not being ablo
t® agree the meeting was about break
ing up, when the chairman said he had
an important notice to read to them.
Quiet was soon restored to hear this
rather novel “religious notice.”
“Strayed—A largo black mule. Ho
hail on a halter when ho left, and is bran
ded on the left hip with tho letaer S.
Any one returning said mule w ill be lib
erally rewarded.”
The keen Sunday School Union mis
sionary announced that he also had an
important notico to give out:
“Strayed.—A number of boys from
tbeir homes, near this place, this Sun
day morning. They had guns and fish
ing poles on their shoulders when they
loft. They are branded by a holy God,
as Sabbath Breakers. Any one return
ing said boys, and placing them in a
Sunday school will be liberally reward
ed at tho day of judgment.”
The tact of that missionary carried
the vote in favor of the Sunday school,
and those stray boys were duly return
ed to it.
rin ignorant Irishman, seeing persons
read with spectacles, went to buy a pair
to enable him to read.—He tried sev
eral of them and told the merchant ho
could not read with any of them. “Can
you read at all ?” asked the merchant.
“No,” was the reply: “if I could, do you
think I would bo such a fool as to buy
spectacles ?”
An Irish Reasok.— “What makes your
horse so slow' ?” asked a tourist one day,
in glen of Downs, Ireland, of his Jehu.
“It’s out of respect to tho bayutiful san
ory, yer honor. He wants yo to see it
all.—An’ thin, ho’s an enteligiut baste,
and appreciates good company, an’
wants to kape the like’s o’ ye in belov
ed ould Ireland as long as ho can.
It would be a good rulo to adopt in
our relations with others, to say noth
ing, “behind a person’s back” that we
should hesitate to say to their face.
Wliat belongs to yourself and is used
by everybody more than yourself ? Tour
name.
It is stated that Louis Napolean, the
ex-Empims and the former Prince Im
perial of France intend coming to our
hospitable shores early next spring, and
traveling through the length and
breadth of the continent during the en
suing year.