Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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.