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VOL. 11.
THETHOMASTON HERALD,
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k# the rwsu'i —Hunt a Merchants' Magaalne,
“ IDer I began to i 'verfi-e my Ironware freely,
huain.-sa increased with tmaxmg rapidity. For ten
yes'-s nast. I hive spent £:lo.000 yearli to keep ny
luperi«r wares bes -re the public Had I been timid in
j'ivertising. I never should have pn~sc*sed my fortune
of £:t.Vi,ofto”.— McLeod Helton. Birmingham
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coffers "—Stuart <’b*y
‘ Vh it audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the
ilrlPfnl use of printer’s i i»f, ts to success In business ’
Be cher.
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nothmg in mv p culat.ions. 1 have the most com pie e
r»i hin ••printers’ Ink.’’ Adve.tising is the “royal road
to badness ’* —B irmim
Professional pAROS.
Dr* IT 111 AM PSHOUR
nen'lv located stThe Rock, tenors hi* professional
••‘rvicfp to th-- anrroundirg ciimmuity. and prond-es t<»
no labor or attention to those who mu pntroniie
him. Jhly‘2*--6mo
SWOWiril & \i'-‘rn*v* M'*'T
Counsellors r.t Law, Thomast<>n. Oa. Will practice
In the several < 'oortj* of the State of Oeorgiw, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to their care.
M II StNOWICH. [l*tne‘24 GlflO.] w. X. BKAI.L.
B'YN on & Ml-* AUTRE iti'tosi'* h»
[,l», Orimn. «a. OfTicein Alntah "all, next door
to the Star Orrmis Will practice in the Counties
eoinjiosing the Flint circuit. and in the United states
I’inrict l ourt. Attention given to cases in Bankruptcy,
may 131 y
D»Y\L £ NUN V ' LLY Art rnevs .t
Law. Oriffln. Oa. Will practice In all the coon
tics comprising the Flint Judicinl tMrouit.^in. 1 me
coun'le* 0f...V1 WerntUnited States tor the Northern and
South ern Districts of Georgia
A- D. NUNN ALLY. [apllS-lv] T tH>TAU
T Y aLLEN. Atmr cv tit L W «’»» *»»•-
»P • aston, Oa. Will practice in the counties com
plins: the Flint Tudicial Circuit. and elsewhere by
•perial contract. All business promptly attended to.
Offiee in Cheney’s brick building. inch 11 -ly
D'l T K KEN«»\LL hi
slnnal services tc the citizen- of Ihoinastoo and
•nrro.indins country. May be found dorln t e day at
B D. Hardaway’s store, at night at the former resi
de ee of .’harles Wilson. j* n 14
TF lIKUD'NiI. Ar »• Lw.
• Rarncsvil e, Pike co, Oa. Will practice ln the
*'’unties comprising the Flint .Tudicial c,r *
‘l-ewhere by special ontract Al businessi p P J
Yirt'KhvLV O&ce in E,der * building, ..vrr ’ h-ber s
r PH(>M\S BEALL Aft»*rn**v »♦ f •
1 Thomaston, Oa. Will practice in the Flint Cir
tult and elsewhere by special contract aug*i<-iy
Toil N I. II \LL Attorney h».«I 0 .u-.-.*o -r
«t Law Will practice In the counties composing
the Flint. Circuit in the Supreme Court of ••♦•or is,
»n.| in the District Court *»f the United Mates Tor the
Northern and Sou hern Districts of i.eergia.
Thun aston, Oa.. .lane 18th. 187"-1y.
A NMKKSUN & McOALLA. Anomcyg
aV. at Law, Covington, Georgia. Will attend rega
lly. and Prartice in the Superior ‘ •»* the
«"unti..s of Newton, Hutts, 11-nrY, Spalding
W-nroe, Upson, Morgan, DeKalb Gwinnette and daa
per. nt*c
TVM K> M ,XI A I'll K* S: A t r»».*v *»t
*f Laws, Taibutton. Oa.. will practice all the counties
the . hatiahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
•facial contract decHMjr
R»<IEKT p tbiphk a tinrnev h L-*w
F-.rsyth, Oa Will practice in the State Courts
*"•' in the United States’ District Court at Atlanta »nd
B * v unnah.«; a , <l«e 0-1 y
T X HUNT. Attorney «r |,mw Kar..e-*«
•V • v ille, will practice in all the counties of
* lint * 'ircuit and duprefii* Conrt of the State.
x 111 ON BEHIUiNE A
L!lw . Talboton, Oa. Will practice in all the
'J the Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson and
•aerriwether counties declß-ly
D‘ Ko iEIIS .fill continue The prat**ice
#f MedlciiHL Offlce at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
w "'re. decT'-lj
DH a W r H aNtUAII. i- pie*-*!
notify the citizens of Upson that he wWt conCfnsa
2® practice <* Merlieloe hi Ito ▼trfcwrs brnm-hes at
•nmnasp.n. Oa. dectß-ty
TAMRd S WALKER A’tnrnev ht Ltw
J Oa, WW practice in Cirentt Conrta of
dw KM* *** '* *>*•*«■ SWrtt* Coorts.
LADIES’ FANCY STORE!
OVER
MESSBS. FLSKISTEB & BROOKS,
coaxaa or mill and Solomon srnerra,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
\V° ULn '•■fitfully inform the good
eitixen. of Thomaston and vicinity that we have now
In .tore, and keep constantly on hand a superior stock
»ad very latest styles of
LADIKS* fink dress goods,
ladies’ a childrens’ shoes,
4. » . fl {• MELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
ladies* notions,
millinery, «tec.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer
chants know Hoiking about, to be found at our Store.
MILLINERY !
The Choicest, Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock In
the maket. Goods manufactured to suit the taste of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Cali on or
address
MRS. M. A. HIGHTOWER Ai CO.,
mayl3-tf Griffin, Georgia.
ANDREWS & HILT,
MANCFAOTtTkKRS AND DKALKUS IN
FURNITURE,
COFFINS, Ac, Ac.,
AT
S. At T. G. ANDREWS* Mill, Five Mile*
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
\\T R would respectfully inform our
T v friends and the public generally, that we have
established a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
at the r.bove named where we manufacture and
keen constantly on hand superior Furniture <>f *t|| kinds,
■varieties, and grades. We are prepared to fill all or
d. rs ‘or COFFIN*, and do all kinds of Cabinet, work
with neatness and dispatch We flatter ourselves that
w<» can (dense all that, know good work when they see
it 1 >ur facilities and advantages in Dreoarinu'.imn'S-m*
Lumber anU vtnniintcui',”7 „ * • *VT >V
heitA ■WkPgfal'fiS“fhah” ofhef"Fu'rnlVure“dealers In this
section of country. We earnestly request all that are
in neeit of anything in our line to c ill ;<nd examine < ur
stock, as we feel satisfied that we can give satisfaction
in style, quality and price. All work wurranteed to be
as represented. Orders solicited.
m:iy2li-1 y .1 AS ANDREWS *fc L S. HILL.
FOUR GOOD BOOKS.
Should be Had in every Family.
Devotional and Practical Poivgino
FAMILY BIBLE, containing a copious Index,
fonerdanev Dte’tnnarv of Uibltcal Terms. tJ-ograph
ical and Historical Index, &,<• Fourteen hundred pages
furnished in three styles of bi ding
L \ WS at BUSINESS for all the States in the Union
By Theophllns Parsons. L L D This volume contains
forms for m-n of every trade or profession, mortgages,
de-ds. bills of sale.'easis. h »nd, articles of copartner
ship. will, awards. Ac Published by the National Pub
lishing » ’o , Nemphls, Tenn.
THr, LIFE OF GEN. R. E LER. by das D. MeOihe,
author of a life of Stonewall Jackson. ThU hook should
find Its wav into every f imllv as it is one of the beat
wrpten accounts of the heroic deeds of the Great Vir
ginian yet published
LI .HT IN THE EAST, by the well-known writer,
Mr JOHN A. COCHRAN has taken the Agency for
Upson and Pike counties, and wi I call upon th..
with
VIEWS,
ALBUMS,
CII ROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY A CO.,
591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Invite the attention of the Trade to their extensive
assortment of the above good*, ol their own publica
tion, manufacture and importation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES
and
GRAPHOSCOPE.
NEW VIEWS OF YOSEVITES,
E. A H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 BtosnWAV. Nkw Yon*,
upposlte ii«*e!.
Importer* and Manuficturera of Photographic
Material*. mehlS l<hn
The Southern Farm and Home.
A FIRST CLASS AOWCCLTUHAL MOWTHI/T.
Gr EX. W. M. BROWNE,
EDITOR
At $2 OO per Year ia A«t vwnee.
r S*«-*nd V.ilum** c<tm«nertee» with
I November number. N«»w le J the time U> aub
scribe. Address, J- BI LKE. ACO
nets ts Macon. Ga.
dr7thos. a. warren,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFFR'' his sorvices to the* C :f ix ona »'f
Griffin and vicinity Special atUntmn given to
the treetment ol
CHRONIC DISEASES.
Tli.ee at adistmee can -an consult him ky letter
Office over George Beecher A» o, ill
WATCH REPAIRING.
rpilß eo- of ,' 1 ,. '.’VT'.I
1 comities are respectfnlly mfarmed thst I have
">r TfK.Yn'L*'i. % to*
am n..w prep»re<l to lr{nir 0 f all
fK? SSSSX LS» me IP-Jjrjh -03
I strict attention to business hope to receive a liberal
sha»e of patronage. Very re *P BRYAN.
aprilß ts -
“IDEINTXSTBJ. Y!
tihl .T-ir*
Upson and adfmnlng . Wor x warranted and
wJSS... WOSON
, BA AJTEB’S store. A BAWTEI
it
THOMASTON, ga., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1871.
OSBORN & BOYLE,
hill street,
OFLIF’F’IJST, <OrJL.,
maxc»actcrkks of
buggies, EXPRESS
and
‘W"A.C3-OILTS,
ALSO-DKiI.KItS fit ALL KIND OF
CAERIAdE k WAGON MATERIAL.
AGENTS rot THE OSLEBB VTKD
STUDEBAKER WAGON
AND
SARVAN S PATENT WHEELS.
CARRIAGES. Phaetons. Ac., of any
style, ordered direct from the best North
ern Factories.
REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS
neatly executed. Special attention given
to ordered jobs, and all work wabran
ted. aug!2-ly
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Agonts Address NEW ERA OFFICE,
july39-tf Atlanta. Ga.
"official order.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
FTATFOF HroROfA.
* Tf.AST*, 111, August 19. Igfl.
OTJDKRED. Tha* the Hon F-*ter Blodgett, 'mperin
tend-nl oftfie Western an t Atlantic H lilro-.d. b .and
he is her*-by. anthoriz >d to remove any - r all of th»'
persons naimed and nptcir.ted in the Executive Order
of lanu-ry 28il anti 24’h. Mid F-h-uar-? Ist, 187 . t<rbring
up the accounts sndn-cordsof the Western and Atlantic
Ksiliaia' 1 . so iv* to dlscd'-se the complete and final balance
ofthe affairs of the road to and ineluding the l»te of its
transf-rto thecontnd of the lessees Ac ; and he is here
by empowered to appoint -ghees in their sDa*l. as he
niay and« etn necessary to perform toe duties avigned to
said person* in said Executive->rder»; and to discover
any fraud* or kiffalarl ies In the accounts ctr conduct
cf anv agent ofanld road.
Given under my band and the s-al of the Kxecutive
Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, the day and
vear first above written.
(Signed) RUFUS B. BULLOCL.
Bv the (iovernor:
(Signed) IL H. Atktxsok
fc»cretary F.xecutive Department
SUPERINTENDENT*? OFFICK,
WXBTr.ICt AND \TI.ANTIC Rail.R-iAD.
Ati-awta. Ga.. Aug. 24th, 187'.
Bv virtue of authority veiled in roe by order of His
Excellency Rnfus B. Bullock. Governor ofGeo. gia, un
der da<e of 19'h as above
PKPFKKD. Toat N P. Hotchkiss. Andttor, Isaac r.
Harris, Treasnrer. and Chss. P McCnlla. General Book-
Keeper of the Western snd UlHntie Railroad! are heiVby
removed from the Board 1 of ('ommftdnner* p. bring np
the accounts aud pecordr, m the We-tern and
Atlantic KaiTroad. Foerva Rronorrr.
i^wnateßdeu*.
yVIISCELLANEOUS.
An Indictment.
The history ot Kir-g Alcohol is a history
of shame and corruption, of cruelty, crime,
ratfe and ruin.
ll<* has taken the glow ol health from off
the ch“ek and placed there the rediuh hue
of the wine cup.
He has t„ker. »he lustra from the eye and
made it dim and blottdshot.
lie has taken beauty and comlinesa from
the face, and left it ill-shaped and bloated
He has taken strength from the limbs
arid made them wreak and tottering
He has taken firrnn.-ss and elasticity from
the steps and made them faltering and
treacherous.
He ha* taken vigor from the arm and left
fla 1 Linens and weakness
He lias taken vitality from the blood and
fiUel it with poison aid seeds of disease
and death.
lie ha* transformed this body, fearfully
and W'indertully and majestically made,
G-ui’s masterpiece of animal mechanism,
into a vile, loathsome, stinking mass of
humanity.
He entered the brain—the temple of
thought—dethroned reason, and made it
red with folly.
He ha* taken the beam of intelligence
from the eye, and exchanged for it the
stuoid stare of idiocy and dulness.
lie has taken the impress of ennoble
manhood from off the face and left the
marks of g nsualify and b^utishness.
He has bribed the tongue to utter mad
ness and cursing.
He has turned the lips to songs of ribald
ry aml reveling.
He has taken cunning from the hands,
ami turned them from deeds of usefulness
to become instruments of brutality and
murder.
He has broken the ties of friendship and
planted the seed of enmity.
He has made a kind, indulgent father, a
bru»e. a tryant, a murderer.
He has transformed the loving mother
into a very fiend of brutish incarnation.
He has made the obedient and affection
ate sons and daughters the breakers of
hearts and the destroyers of home.
He has taken luxuries fiom off the table,
and compelled men to cry on account of
famine and beg for bread.
lie fas stripped backs of their broadcloth
and silk, and clothed them in rags.
lie fas stolen men’s palaces, and given
them vretehed hovels in exchange.
lie fas taken away acres arid given not
even adceent burial place in death.
lie fas filled our streets and by-ways
with vidence and lawlessness.
He hi- complicated our luws and crowded
>ur coirts.
...He bis fi led to overflowing our peniten
fte.* ,f,^ and houses of correction.
hoilsco. - . .., 1 o.ir
lie has straitened us for room in our in
sane asylum
He has filled our world with tiers and
groans, with the poor and helpless, with
wretchedness and want.
He has banished Christ from the heart
and erected a hell.
These are the counts of our indictment.
Let the World judge of the tMith.
The Vagabond Sage.
An old man of very active physiognomy,
answering to the name of Jacob IV ilmot,
was brought to the police court.
His clothes looked a* though they might
have been bought second-hand in his youth
ful prime, f r they had suffered more from
the rubs of the world than the proprietor
himself.
“What busine**?’’
“None; I’m a traveler.”
“A vagabohd. perhaps?”
“Y"U are not fr wr ing Tr T’-“ n 1 ~”" Tile
vagabonds are about, the without
difference iw-Ms former without brains?”
n here have you traveled ?”
“All over the continent."
“For what purpose?”
“Observation.”
“What have you observed ?”
“A little to commend, much to censure,
and a great d‘>al to laugh at.”
“Humph ! what do you commend ?”
“A hands me woman who will stay at
home; an eloquent preacher that will
preach sh rt sermons; a good writer that
will not write too much, and a fool that has
sense enough to h<*!d his tongue ”
“What d'» you censure ?”
“A man that marries a girl for her fine
clothing ; a youth who studies medicine
while he has the use of his hands ; and the
people who will elect a drunkard to office.”
“What do y<>u laugh n» ?”
“I laugh at a man who expects his posi
tion to command that respect whicth his
personal qualifications and qualities do not
merit.”
He was d'«mis«ed.
A German, who lately fust his horse pub
lishes the following notice; “Rund away,
nr stolen, nr Wa* strayed mine large pluck
h'>rse. aonut eghdeen hands hie. He has
fnurp'ack leg 9, twe pehind. and two pefore ;
he is p ! ack all over his pody put has got
some vite spots pop his pack, where the
vas ruh off. put I greased ’em, and the vire
spots is all pi c< again. He trod 9 end kan
ters. and sometimes he valks; and ven he
valks, all his I**gß and feet goe- on von after
anuder. He has two ears pon his head,
path alike, put von is placker dan tnder,
and a small pit longer. He has two eyes,
von is put our. and tnder is pon de sid-* of
hi* he-d, and ven you go on n-der side of
hm head, he v»nt see you. He has a long
dail. shat hangs pehind ; pot I cut it short
fodder dav, and now it is not w» long vot it
va*. He i* shoed *ll round, put his pehind
jriioes corned i.ff, and now he has got on
shoe? only pefore.**
Every hour that a child lives a quiet,
tranquil. joyo»»s life, of such sor* as kiuens
Jive on hearihs, squirrels in sunshine, is just
go much investment in strength arid steadi 9
ness, arid growb of the nerv trs svsfßra.
Every hour that a child lives a life of excit
ed brain-working, either in a school*room
or in s bail-room is just so mnch taken
away from the reff rved force wh cb enables
nerves to triumph through the sorrows,
through the labors, through the <fieeat.es of
later lifa.— Jgt.
Fetch on yoar Rats.
Adam Depler keeps a dutch tavern in
Allegheny, New ISrk. One gloomy eve
ning a man presented himself about bedtime
and asked to stay all night.
“Certainly,” said Adam, eyeing the
seedy-looking stranger. you take break*
fast, it will be youst one dollar/'
“But I have no money,” said the man.
“I am dead broke, but if you only trust
me—”
“Ah,” said Mr. Bepler, “I don’t like that
kind of customer. I could fill mine house
every night with dat kind’ but dat wou't
help me run dis house.”
“Well,” said the stranger, “have you got
any rats here ?”
“\es.” stid Adam, “you’d better believe
we have. “Why, the place is alive mit
dem !**
“Well,” rejoined the man. I’ll tell you
wh«t to Jo. If you let me have lodging end
breakfast. I’ll kill all the rats to-morrow.”
“D<*ne,” said Bepler, who had long been
desperately annoyed by the number of old
Norways that infested his premises. So the
strai ger, a gaunt, sallow, melancholy-look
ing man was shown to bed, and no doubt
had a good sleep After breakfast the next
morning Mr Bepler took occasion in a very
gentle manner, to remind his guest of the
contract made the previous night.
“What, kill rats! Certainly,” said the
melancholy stranger, “where are they the
thickest ?”
“Dey are pretty dick in the barn-yard,”
anßW»*red Adam.
“Well, let’s go out there,” answered the
stranger. “But stop ! Have you got a piece
of hoop iron ?”
A piece ab->ut fifteen feet long was given
him, and he examined it carefully front one
end to the other. Expressing himself en
tirely satisfied, finally, with its length and
strength, he proceeded to the barn accom
panied by Mr. Bepler and quite a party of
idlers, who were anxious to see in what
manner the great ratkiller was going to
work. Arriving there the stranger looked
around a little, then placed his back firmly
against the barn-door, and raised his
wean >n.
“Now,” said he to Adam, “I’m ready 1
Fetch on your rats.
This Census. — From the advance sheets
of the census, as officially and finally revised
for the press it appears that the population
of the various States and Territories are as
follows ;
New York 4.382 750
Pennsylvania 3 521.761
Ohio 2,665.200
Illinois 2,539,891
Missouri 1 721 295
Indiana 1.60 .637
Massachusetts 1 JV7
w- —-j 1 258.520
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0«° r K’ a \[JJVS
Michigan 1.184. 50
North Carolina 1.1 *7l 361
Wisconsin. 1*054 670
A Isb-tma ;*9G 99_.
New Jersey o'!- 'mi
Mississippi lUZ-l
M» r *!» nd
Maine 6 6 915
Ca’ifornia am- 7-4
South Carolina
West Virginia ™
Minnesota ™' <7 X
Kansas 364.399
Vermont •••• 450.359
New Hampshire 218.300
Rfiode Island 217 3 >8
-- 18< 748
Colombia 130.175
I)i*ieware.. 125 015
Nebraska 122 000
New Mexico 91 874
Oregon ........ ............. *t't <4
Utah 86.886
Nevada. 42,491
Washington Territory 23.955
Montana 20 395
D-ikotuh 14 181
Idaho 14 000
Ariz mia f 658
Wyoming Territory 9.118
Total 38,555,083
The Tidal Wave —ls the G t rgla Sea
board to bb Submerged ?—The Picayune
calls upon the people near the seaboard to
get ready for the great tidal wave, predicted
bv Agas-i* on the night of the sth, or
morning of the 6th of October. It will be
fifty feet or more in height, and come with
no measured tread, but in a hurry. Evi
dently, it will sweep twenty miles toward
the interior of Georgia, and if we had a
profile of the Central or Macon and Bruns
wick railroads we might tell just abortt how
far it would tear up those tracks This ca
lamity is to be due the to lanar attraction
in conjunction with the joint influence of
several planets in a mischievous mood, and
the rotary motion of the earth, all operating
in some Way to u* inconceivable, bflt per
fectly plain to the scientific understanding
of the great naturalist. All we in Midd e
Geoigla have got to da Is to wait for the
new- ; but the men on the seaboard should
be looking out for high perches. Let the
brethren in Savannah each Ite looking out
f-r a high free, and if they can’t find one,
plant a good strong pole firmly in the earth
and shiney up it with alacrity when the
wave comes. Middle Geor>/im.
Tottnis© Incident. A little news boy,
attempting t-> jump from a street car the
o*her day. fell under the car and wars fpar
fully mangled. As soon he could «peak Jie
called piteously for his toother, and h mes
senger was «ent at once to bring her to him.
On her arrival she hung over the dying
boy rn tfgfmy of grips.
“Mother,” h° whispered, with a painful
eff rt. “I sold four newspapers —and—the
the—money is in my pocket!”
With the hand of death upon his brow,
the last thought of the suffering child was
for the poor hard-w rking mother, whose
burdens he waff etriYiog to lighten Wh4a h«
)>et his Ufa
MUttllanroa* I Irma.
To act conscientiously, every man should
have a gold mine.
*Tis better to pet money from a rich an.
cle than earn it a dollar a day.
When onedeclareo himself without friends
be sure he imbibes freely of beer.
The rustling of silk in a prayer*meeting
attracts more attention than the holy word.
The woman that maketh a good pudding
in silence is better than one that maketh a
tart reyly.
It is more comforting to a hungry man to
posees a sardine than to have presented to
him the photograph of a chicken.
lowa “fairs" go the whole figure. They
increase the receipts materially by selling
kisses at auction.
The cultivation of the moral nature In
man is the grand means for the improve
ment of society,
Jksß So.—The young lady who goes to
church not to sing but to see the him .» dotes
on cats and strong tea! That’s nuff said 1
General Noyes, the Radical candidate for
Governor of Ohio, is making a general noise
against general amnesty.
A small boy in girl's clothing has beflfl
making candy by selling kisses to certain
young clerks in the city of Americus.
A Frenchman said of Shakspeare, ‘‘Ven
you find anyiing you no understan', It is
always somezing fine."
There is no one so innocent ns not to be
evil spoken of; there is no one so wicked as
to merit all condemnation.
“Secrets," says Josh Billings, “are poor
property, enny how : if you circulate them
yew lose them, and if yew keep them yew
lose the interest on the investment.'*
lieatt WKionrs.— A citizen of Franklin
County, Maine, ha 53,140 pounds of children.
His four diughters average 200 pounds,
and his twelve sons 195 puuuda each.
Trying to do business without advertising
is like winking at a pretty girl through a
pair of green goggles. You uiay know what
you are doing but wobody else does.
A giddy student having got his skull
fractured was told by his doctor that the
brain was visible, on which he remarked,
“Go write and tell lather for be always said
I had none.'*
Nervous old lady—“ Now. cabman, you're
sure your horse is quiet? What’s he laying
back his ears like that for ?" Cabby—“Oh.
tnat’s only her feminine curiosity, mam I
She likes to hear where she's goin’ tol"
‘‘Do jou che* “ft-JoS waot
guess I can get Jon » chaw, 1
A man who was driving a cow thfough
the streets of Waupin, Wis., was so much
frustrated by a sudden bow from a lady
that, in return, he made a bow to the Cow
and threw a stone at the lady.
A gentleman expressed to a lady his
adnrration of her toilet. She said she sup
posed he had been impressed by her angel
sleeves, he answered with effusion : “No;
but I’d like to be."
A miner from Pike's Peak bfotijrht into
Ilelena, Montana, the other day, $50,000
in gold dust, the result of one -clean up"
from his claim on Pilgrim bar. This is the
largest quantity of the precious metal which
has been taken out by one man this season.
Squabbles is an old bachelot. He was
shotting his stocking, which he had just
darned, to a maiden lady, who contempt
uously remarked, “Pretty good for a man
darner." Whereupon Squabbles rejoins,
-Yes. good enough fora woman, darn her.”
Two scavengers were quarfellng as to
their respective working abilities, when
one, meaning to silence him um<u, stuu .
“Well, Bill, you can sweep the middle of
the street, but you can’t do any ornamental
piece of work, like sweeping round a lamp
post.'*
A Western eotemporary ways a man down
Bast has invented a machine to renovate
old batcbelors. Out of a good sized fat,
greaZy old batchelor, he can make quite a
decent young man, and have enough left to
make two small puppies, a pair of leather
breeches, and a kettle of soft soap.
“And den, Mr. Breaches, it ieh said dat
Jonah was cast into de sea and into de
whalesh pellev. Now, I never cood pelief
dat. It seemed to me to be a peeg
feesh story ; but it ish all plain to tny mint
dow ; he vash not taken into de whale's
pelley at all, but shnst shumped onto his
pack and rode ashore*
A rural gent of eighteen sur7im£fs invest
ed in a banana on the cars on Monday. He
carefully removed the peel, and put it on the
seat by his side ; then he. broke the fruit up
in small pieces, eyeing it anxiously as he
did so. When this was done he picked up»
the peel, shook it iu his lap, and finally
threw the pieces oot of thp window, remarks
ing as he did So, ‘‘That’s (he fust of them
priife packages ever I bought, an' it's ttof
last, you bet."
A yoUDg lady, at an evening parff re
cently. found it convenient to usC fbe ex
pression, “Jordan is a hard road to travel,"
but thinking that too vulgar, substituted
the following: “Pfeambiirfating progress
sion in pedestrian eicdrsion along the
far-famed thoroughfare of fortune up
by the banks of the sparkling river of
Palestine is indeed attended with a hete
rogeneous conglomeration of diffi
culties." She fainted.
BA'shroNAELK Cos r REsrt>NßV2v<nt. The
waiters are young ladies of eight years or
thereabouts—such young ladies as are now
figuring in “children'* balls at the water
ing-places, if the correspondents truly re
port :
“Mi-s Minnie Smith’s compliments to
M iss Maggie done*, and desires the pleasure
of her company thisefening. Refreshment*
at ten."
“Miss Maggie compliments to Miss
Minnie Smith, with regrets that prior en
gagements preclude the pleasure es accept
ance. bhe i* to be whipped at seven, and
sent to bad without supper at tight."
NO. 42.