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yi)L. 11.
rjIETHOMASTON HERALD,
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■„t;• r.'sn 1 —Hunts Merchants’ Magazine.
■ Uier l hug hi to 1 ’verti-e mv Ironware freely,
Vkvm increased with nmaz mr rapidity. For ten
v-vM'Wt I lmve spent £3' 000 yearl • to keep my
nres lief .re the public ilad I been timid in
1 .1 never sh uild have pn sessed my fortune
t’.'i "i>" 'del#end ’Helton. Birmingham
' i: ■ •■vtsxiur Uspp.aU id as' touch, turns everything to
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hit m I iei»\ is to love, and boldness to war, the
1 1 us- of printer's i i**, is to success in business. v—
' hi t the aid of advertisements I ou .1 have done
lit in my p dilations 1 have the most complete
1 1 •printers'ink.” Adve tising is the “royal road
'•i ii.idness ”-B irnnm
Professional Paros.
|\! l Ui \M HUJUIUE •iv'i».» r> >rmn
I* in Iv locate I it.Tht* Rock, ten lers his pr fessional
• rs tn th surrnuridirg coinmulty, and promises to
F na labor or attention to those who inai patronize
July 22—fimo
H 1 A \’!) !(.’ll, \ ..viiuv a ! Pmif.
1 -Por u Law, Thnmaston. Ga Will practice
•' ■il '( >0 r(s of the State of Georgia, and attend
1 "V '•(„ all business entrusted to his care.
»t*ll ts
JU ' ;, 8 vt I''l( KK Vrt'lruft if
■r. ffrlffin. Ga. Office in \ Imnh ’’all, next do -r
Tu; oi 'icK Will practice in the Counties
" ae the Flint t ircait. and in the United States
"ift. Attention given to cases ill Bankruptcy,
WI.J-ly
lI'VAL ,y \u VV \ U(Y \-r n*Av« »r
'jn’lin. Ga Will practice In all the coun
''H’nsing ihc Flint Judicial Circuit, and in the
w Clavton, Fayette and Coweta.
Dj,.,’ 1 .. 1 ' ,!c '* id the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
* u "ji’t (,' the United States for the Northern and
* o lstr ' c «sos Georgia
*1 • V V r 'nc- ov ;l ( \j \Y I'M-.m
practice in the counties com*
1 "'i ii coat m ' l ' ,tt< '' < ’Kl Circuit, and elsewhere tty
’iti -e it»\'>L r , ril b isiness promptly attended to
» Wick mm,Uni mchll-ly
DlJ' K KK\ t .» \LL ff”-« his nr fes
te the citizen- of 1 hoinastoo and
'H. f( ir *l "’’’by. May he found rtnrine t'-e day at
,f,-k i !’ iVs 'hire, at night at the former resl-
jan 14 ly
>J, " *fhl)l)(V*l, Vt or >ov itt L w
s n.-s'-il o. Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the
t- ."."•U’fising the Flint Judicial Cir ult, and
r >v "'i'ecial ontract Al business promptly
v • ’thee in Elder - building, over < 'hamher’s
.. ,re ’ aug'V- y
j j' I 'l\S VLL Attorm v nt Lew.
. ’’’Hston, <la. Will practice in the Flint Cir
where by special contract. ang27-1y
»| M 11 v LI. \tr..r”ev *• ti I) >un.st*ll i
■; .• Will practice in the counties composing
i ..,'iuuit. In the Supreme Court of t.eor.la,
li . " District Court of the United States for the
HI s,ui hern Districts of Georgia.
*k»nJU. .i| U ,e iSth. 18*70-1 y.
•V N uu S ? X MoOALL \ V * '.r i• •vh
1 «r,\ 'v»^' n S' , *n, Georgia. Will attend regu-
F’\iii\. s af in the Superior uourts of the
>tl Ups.in V’ n ' hutts. II nrv, Spalding Pike
'" r gan, Dt'Kalb Gwinnette and Jab-
V~—-—dec **-ly
ii r
! Laws,Tain, UllE'V S, *.\ f .rnov
i ."'’bg th.‘ n L t, ‘ n ' (~a - will practice all the counties
' it r%ft 1 nhoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
• dec! it-1 y
i p,rs .vtV (/ A't(*rne\ a* Law
L’aitnKi " P'ncHe© in the State Conns
Uy-'lt. Ga. ales District (doart at Atlanta and
dec 0 ly
jj t *’Hie, | ruoy i; J,n\v iiavi es
'feuit Practice in all the counties of
\j. —^_L^^'” | P re,, m Court of the State.
5 ***. Talh M I-* -V K. A :f|o V fit
L- L 's the Ch it?"practice tn all the
cr»u nt j" e Circuit, and Upson and
decib-ly
‘
d intiniie the i.r icticu
o? fice at B. f>. Hardaway’s Drug
dect-.ly
lU;sfthe C |j| 11 VU. iq pleaned To
iS|a» u °* Val. ( 3 lof P«*«» he will continue
- ue in its various branches at
,k,
Attornpv fit Lfiw
*'£?**•» ii»e rr',. P r n<‘tiee irv Ctreuit Courts of
1 states Distriot Uworts.
LADIES’ FANCY STORE!
OVER
MESSES. FL3MI3TE3 & BEOOKS,
CORNER OF IHLL AND SOLOMON BTRFETTJ,
GRIFFIN. GEORGIA,
respectfully inform the gaud
citizens of Thnmaston and vicinity that we have now
in store, and keep constantly on hand a superior stock
and very latest styles of
LADIES’ FIVE DRESS GOODS,
R ADIES’ <fc C HILDRENS’ SHOES,
RADIES’ JEWELRY,
LADIES’ HOSIERY,
LADIES’ NOTIONS,
Millinery, &c.
A thousand little tricks and trinkets that Men-Mer
chants know* nothing about, to be found at our Store.
MILLI USTETrL'X’" !
The Choicest, Freshest, and SWEETEST, stock in
the maket. Goods manufactured to suit the taste of
customers. Orders respectfully solicited. Gall on or
address
MRS. M. A. HIGHTOWER & CO.,
maylS-tf Griffin, Georgia.
ANDREWS & HILL,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE,
COFFINS, &c., See.,
AT
.1. T. G. ANDREWS’ Mill, Five Miles
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
\ \ E w 1)1(1 rojpoetfully inf irm nnr
T v friends and the public generally, that we have
estaheda
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
•it the above named pi ac, where we manufacture and
kcey C'inotantly on hand superior Kiiriiluire ■ f all kin s,
lari. tics, and grades. We are prepared to till nil or
ibrs 'or C’OFKIMs, and do all kinds <>f I 'abiuer. work
with neatness and dispatch We flatter our.-elves that
we can please all that know good work when they see
it Our facilities and advantages in preparing our own
Lumber and Manufacturing our nw Work enables us
to offer anv quantity, better varieties, an d-‘ci< l edly
better bug-,ins than other Furniture dealers in tins
section u* country. We earnestly request all that are
in nee 1 (if anything in our line to c ill ; nd examine ■ur
stock, as we fee! satisfied that we can give satisfaction
m style, quality and price. All work warranteed to be
as represented. Ord rs solicited.
m iy2c iy -J AS ANDREWS A L S. HILL.
CHEAP READING
ATLANI A NEW ERA.
CLUB K A TES.
In order to plare the
WEEKLY NEW ERA
within the r ach of all. the proprietors have determin
ed to to offer the billowing
SPLENDID INDUCEMENTS :
One copy, one ve.ur, ... .... $ 3 Oft
Ten copies one year. $1.50 each * 15 00
Twenty copies, one year. $1 .25 each 25 «'0
Thirty copies one year sl.uffeaeh 80 00
The Weekiv Era contains nearly twenty-eight col
umns of choice leading matter each Issue, consisting of
Politics. Liierature, Market Reports, and
GENERAL NEWS.
Make up vour (Hub- at o ce.
Postmasters are authorized aud requested to act as
Agents. Address NEW ERA OFFICE.
july29-tf Atlanta, Ga.
STEI { EON COPES,
VIEWS,
ALBUMS,
CII ROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
"’HI BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Invite the attention ot the Trade to their extensive
assortment of the above goods, of their own publica
tion, manufacture and importation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDE3
and
GRAPIIOSCOPE.
NEW VIEWS OF YOSEMITES,
E. & 11. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 Broadway, New York,
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.
Importers and Mnnufictuiers of Photographic
Materials. mchlS-10m
The Southern Farm and Home.
A FIRST CLASS AGRICULTURAL MONTHLY.
GEN. W. M. BROWNE,
EDITOR
At |‘i 00 per Year in Advance.
I "VIE S’citul V illume com'iipnoes with
November number. Now is the time to sub
scribe. Address, J. W. BURKE, A Cos.,
nets ts Macon, ita.
DR. THOS. A. WARREN,
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
OFFER'' hi** sprviopsi to the e’ t ? a {
Griffin and vicinity Special attvntmn given to
the treatment ot
CHRONIC DISEASES.
Those a’ a dist nee can . an consult him by lett. r
tlfbce i>ver George Beecht-r A o , lit Street.
apri!29-tf
WATCH REPAIRING.
r lE pitiTtens f T ’.s.i • find >dj icpt t
1 counties are respectfully informed that I have
mored my stock to the store o Mr. Wm Wallace, and
am now prepared to execute work fn my line of busi
ness, on the most favornbb terms. Rep iring of nil
kinds done at the shortest no; ice and i the neatest man
ner. I have facilities for turning out good work, and by
strict attention to bu-in- ss hope to receive a liberal
share of patronage. Very respectfnllv,
aprilS-tf WM. L. BRIT AN.
ntoice!
VLIi porsornJ nre i-er I»v not so
trade for a Note given by A Lewis to NtUhan
Zorn tor the ammwit of s3<M*. and drre 25th <fav of I‘e- I
cember. IBTI At Fast accounts saM note tfaa iff the
hands of a Mrs Wilson.
novl9-2t A. LEWIS.
THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1871.
OSBUItN & BUYLE,
HILL STREET,
O-rtlini. T2sT, O^L.,
MAM’FACTCREHS OF
AND
WAGOISrs,
ALBO—DEALERS IN ALT. KIND OF
CAEEIAG2 & WAGON MATERIAL.
AGENTS 1-OU TIIK CELEBRATED
STUDE3AKEH WAGON
AND
SARVANi’S PATENT WHEELS.
CARRIAGES. Phictons. &c., of .1115-
style, ordered direct from the best North
ern Factories.
REPAIRING OP ALL KINDS
neatly executed. Special attention given
to ordered jobs, and all work warran
ted. augl2-ly
RM. RICHARDSON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
STOVES, GRATES, MANTELS,
Tinsr-VAT.A.IFLIi],
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOOS, &c.,
Hunter Street, near Whitehall;
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Orders Solicited. oct7-3rn
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES ON
O O T T O IST .
GROOVER, STUBSS & CO.,
SAVANNAH, IGA.,
TANARUS) RSPR.'TFIII.LY Inf rm >ho )I».4.r>i.
V and Planters of Georgia, Florida and Alabama
that their
Largs Fire-Proof Warehouse
Capacity 3."),O0O Rales,
Is now ready fur the storage of Cotton, and that they
are prepared to make
Ij'hrral V'tsh •'tflva'icc*
On Gotten in shoe and to held a reasonable length of
time, charging hank rates of interest, if you want
Money, send your Cotton to ■
oci7-tf GROOVER, STUBBS ,fe CO.
JOHN L. HARDEE. W W KIRKLAND.
N. A. HARDEES SON & 00.,
House Established 1830.
*
COTTON FACTORS,
AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, OA.
Agents for steamers Katie and Swan.
Dealers in Peruvian Guano, Land Plaster and other
Fertilizers. Agents for Star * ; ni’ih!e Phosphate, White
lock’s Veyet (tor. Rough's Raw Bone Superphosphate of
Lime. Pafxpseo Guano, Patap-co Bone Flour, Original
“Coe’s"’ Superphosphate, and L ea Fowl Guano,
cctttf
JO NATH AN COLL INS & SON.
COTTON FACTORS
COMMISSIONMERCHANTS,
MACON, GA..,
flfer ur serv\*es to OiiPon
▼ v and Dealers, and hope bv striet attention to
business, to merit your patronage. Would stn ci.-rily
call vour attention to Macon as a Gotten Market, be
lieving inducements to shin ers to this point are
sup rior to any inland market in this South, ad ( qual
to those of the and equal to those iin the sea
board. Usual f icili’ies extended to plmt-erand ship
pers Our buyers are spirited, liberal men. sepi3b 2m
CANNONHOUSE,
(Recently St. .Tames Hotel. )
Marietta Street, Gate City Bloek,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Board, P j r Diy, $2 00. ne!2l-6m
DENTISTRY!
r tin L-fsig’tpd lioiriir up nianp|i»!y
1. located tn Thornston.still tenders thier professional
sei vices in the practice of Dentistry to the citizens (.1
Upson and adtoiping eountb s Teeth inserted <>n g Id
silver, adamanti eor rubber. All work warranted and
a go and fit guaranteed. Office up «t. irs over WILSON
SAWYER "s store. BUY"AN Jk SaWYKK.
dec** ft
CLOTHING
AT noDuhir prices. Also Tailoring and
Cutting done at short notice by
C. H. IIATI?D,
Cherry st next- to First National Bank,
sept3rt-in Macon. Ga,
B. B. WHITE
on ho r ‘d snd j- f..?istnnfK rxplrir..» f
a large l-’t of BOOTS and SHOSN,9OLE UPPER
affd fTARXF' , S LKATHFR. for which b- will Ratter
for Bark Hides, ‘ orn. Wheat, Bacon, Pork or M< NkY,
at the Lowest Market Prices. oct7 ts
MIFFOIID, IILILOiK & t0„-
BARNESVILLS, GA,
J JAVE now on hand the LARGEST,
BEST and CIIA TEST
STOCK OF GOODS
Ever offered IQ
BARNSSVILLE,
Consisting in
Ladies’ and Gents’ Apparel
Os every discription and style.
Hardware,
Cutlery,
Crockery,
Sugars,
Coffees,
Carpetings,
Trunks,
Umbrellas,
Salt, Syrup
and Molasses,
Wood and willow ware,
Cheese,
Soap,
Candles,
Rice,
Bacon,
Lard,
and Flour,
BAGGING AHD TIES,
CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO, SINGER’S
SEWING .MACHINES. All sizes of FISK’S
METALIC BJLIAL CASES.
Twenty-five head of fine Kentucky MULES and
HORSES, and will keep from Twenty-five td One
Hundred head constantly on hand during the season.
We also have a Large and Commodious
Cotton Warehouse,
And will buy or sell, store or ship your Cotton.
We k ep constantly on hand almost anything you
may call for and what we have not got you wf 1 not
find thisride of New York. We sell at astonishingly
LOW PRICES, and defy competition.
STAFFORD, BLALOCK & CO.,
octU 3m . Bai nesville, Ga.
ROGERS &. CIIEWEY,
WAREHOUSE
AND
COTTON COMMISSION
MEPLCPIAISrTS,
THOMASTON, GEORGIA.
YT7 E tnkp this rrpth'ri of informinor our
T Y friends and she public generally that our NEW
W AKEHi >USE is now cora y leted aud we are now pre
pared to serve them in the
Storage and Sale of Cotton.
Our Scales are new and Correct, and having sertired
the services of a competent and reliable Scalestnan, we
can saf. lv guarantee to do justice to both buyers and
sellers. LIBERAL
ADVANCES
will be made on COTTON In store. BUYERS IN
THOMASTON will pay Rarnesville PRICES for Cot
ton. Insurance on Cotton in Warehouse <>ne per cent.
oet7-6m
FOUTZ’S
CELEBRATED
Horse aafl Cattle Powflers.
Si This preparation, long and favorably
known, will thoroughly re-invigorate
broken down and low-spirited horse*,
by strengthening and cleansing the
stomach and intestines.
It is a sure pr rentive Os all diseases
incident to this animal, such as LUNG
FEVER. GLANDERS. YELLOW
WATER. HEAVES. COUGHS, PIS
TEMPER, FEVERS, FOUNDER,
LOSS APPFTITE AND VITAL /•f'W.ATN,
ENERGY", &c. Its use improves
the wind, increases the appetite— CjrYw f
gives a smooth and glossy skin—and »J
tnn-fo-ms tlie miserable skeleton m
into a fine-looking and spi itel horse,
v . To keepers of Cows this prepara
tion is invaluable. It is a sure pre-
I V vent * ve against Rinderpest, Hollow
A; ,A«" g. _L | y Horn, etc. It has been proven by
» actual experiment to increase the
u /y~ quantity of milk and cream twenty
per cent, and make the butter firm
and sweet. In fattening cattle, it
give3 them an appetite, loo«ens their hide, and makes
them thrive much faster.
In all d’s’ases Sw >n \ such as Coughs. Ulcers iff
the Lungs, Liver, &c., Uns article acts
as a specific. By putting from one
half a nai>er to a paper in a barrel of A" "ur
swill the above diseases will b» eradi A
cated or entirelv prevented. If given l
in time, a ce’-tain p-eveutive and
cure for the Hog Cholera.
DAVID E. FOVTZ, Proprietor,
BILTIMOSE. 9V )t.
For sale hr Druggists and Storekeepers throughout
the United States, Canadas and South Americai
For Sale by J. VV. AI WATER,
Tbomaston, Ga. novll-ly
Miscellaneous.
To Southern Tcaehrn and Parents.
a card frum gen. q»irik)N.
My excuse fur nd iiesainj; you must be
t .e importance of the subject to which
l would e»ll yiiur attention—that of the
proper education «.f our children, and the
proper development of their self- respect and
character.
I need not repeat any common pi aCesuM si
regard to the lasting effect of early impres
sums, the almost impossibility of diverting
the mind from the bent given it in early
years —ait this you know as well as I Nor
need 1 say anything about the p .werlul
silent influence, in this educational Vvurk,
of the school hooks from which our children
derive their views of light and wrong, and
their knowleige of the facts, or nii»rcpre
eeotati ns. of history—tor this, too you
know full well.
And when I say that having been, for
long years, almost entirely dependent upon
the‘North for our school books, we have
been compelled to use many which were
very distaut to us, because we had no
alternative, f onlv state that which every
rtadercan substantiate.
Long before the war we felt the necessity
for a change in this respect —the necessity
fur unobnnxinus school b »"ks for unseu
tional, unpolitical books—school hooks pre
pared by our own scholars, if that might
Le ; and since the war this necessity has
increased tenfold. Individual efforts, of the
most praisworthy character have, from time
to time, been made in this direction by
Southern men, but not of a sufficiently
comprehensive nature to accomplish the
purpose in view.
To fully meet the want thus universally
felt, several of our ripest scholars, and most
successful teachers, united in preparing a
Series of School Books unsurpassed by any
others in excellence, beauty and cheapness.
Maury wrote Geographies and As rono
my.
Venable wrote Arithmetic, Algebras, &c.
II and mes wrote History, Grammars and
Readers
School de Vere wrote French Books.
Gildersleeve wrote Latin B mks.
Le Conte wrote Scientific Books.
Dunton made Writing Books. &e.. &c.
Aod the combined series is called the
University Series of School Books ; a series
not only not objectionable to our people,
but positively attractive to a degree hereto
fore entirely unknown. Our history, insti
tutions and inodes of thought here receive
impartial treatment; and instead of being
ignored, the interests of the South here re
ceive equal representation
Then as to intrinsic merit, iTho knows
more about Geography than Maury, or of
History and Grammar than Holmes, or of
Mathematics than Venable, and so on
through all the list? Each author is a
master in his special depar*ment.
It is for tliis Series ot b >oks, so excellent,
so acceptable, so che»p (’hey are the cheap
est books published) that your favor is so
licited.
The books of the University Series are
presented distinctly upon their merits ; you
are not asked to u-e inferior books.
If these two questions can be answered
affirmatively :
Are these books equal to any in merit?
Are they as cheap as any ?
Should they not receive your preference?
What is more reasonable than that Southern
School" should be supplied with books
written by Southern scholars, provided they
are equally good with those written by
Northern men? Is it not better both for
us, and for our children, that such books
should be use 1 ?
Already the response which was inevita
ble, to this question, has come. More than
5,000 of our best Southern Schools are
using these books ; several Southern States
have already adopted them for exclusive use
in their public schools j County Boards in
every Southern State are adopting them ;
and the best private schools are replacing
hooks hitherto used with them The suc
cess of the ’’University Scries” is unprece
dented iri the history of school book pub
lishing and it is destined to be yet greater.
Do the people of the South desire to rid
themselves "fobnoxious books an<l pernicious
teaching- ? Can it he better done than by
unanimously sustaining this first compre
hensive educational enterprise of our »wn
scholars, and by making the ‘‘University
Series*’ the
Uniform series in every southern state.
(Including, of cojrse, any other books hav
ing equal claim f>r consideration) Our
schools will then *be supplied with books
which th°y can long continue to use ; pupils
compelled to change their schools will no
longer be retarded in their studies by a
change of books, for all will use the same ;
and parerts will be saved the expense of
present constant changes, while they are
relieved of all ansietv in regard to the
character ot the teachings uuder which
their children are brought.
This subject, in all its bearings, is of the
highest importance to us as a people, my
countrymen It is not a sectional in <ve
ment, but a national ami patriotic one. It
ts not a mere rivalry between different
publishers, ur I would not presume to a-k
your attention to it. * It goes down de» p
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Newspaper Government*
Thomas Jefferson Baid that be would
rather have newspapers without a govern
ment than a government without newspapers
There was something prophetic in the re
mark, for in the days of Jefferson newspapers
were not What they are to-day. More and
more the country and the civilised world is
comini! to be governed by newspapers.
The Tammany King had bold of the
machinery of a great party. Thoy held
power in a city where a large part of the
voter? have not intelligence enough to read,
and another large part have not discrimi
nation enough to understand what they
read. It ever there was a political power
that might hope tu hold its own despite the
criticism of the press, that power was Tam
many. And so long had they borne a tire
of small shot, and so much had their power
increased under it, that it really seemed
inviucible To every criticism ot the press
their only response was the purchase of a
convention, a legislature, a board of aider
men, or, perchance, a newspaper itself.
But the deluge came at last—a deluge
against which money was no barrier. Papers
not purchasable took the thing in hand in
dead earnest. And one characteristic of
American j >urnalism is its furious earnest
ness, and ns tierce concentration upon the
uppermost topic. When once the cry was
started, almost every paper wheeled into
line. No journal could afford to stand
back. Secret accounts were published.
The graves of buried secrets were opened
by ttie remorseless ‘‘special reporter," who
is worth a thousand detectives. Then tho
machinery of a convention was of no avail.
Tweed held the convention, but the papers
swept the convention to the winds. Tweed
held the judges, most peup'e thought, hut
the judges have not dared to reverse tho
decision of a case where the verdict has
been already made up by public opinion.
After all, newspapers are nothing of
themselves. Newspaper government is
representative government of the highest
order . Newspapers have power bccauso
they have a constituency and speak its voice.
They govern only as they are utile to influ
ence those who they represent But poli
ticians are coming more and more to
understand that they cannot govern without
the press. Gen. Butler had gathered into
his hand in his great light in Massachusetts
all the elements once considered necessary
to success, lie had every discontented anil
effervescing element in the party, from tho
temperance men to the communists. Backed
by these aggressive and powerful elements,
lie had also the immense support of govern
ment patronage. But he was beaten, terri
bly and utterly, simply because ho had the
in.depeutent newspaper press against him.
For in Massachusetts, if anywhere, the
newspaper is all but omnipotent.
Tli rce Jolly II uska ml*.
Three jolly husbands, by the names of
Tim Watson, Joe Brown, and Bill Walker,
sat late one evening, di inking at the village
tavern, until, being well corned, they agreed
that each on returning home should do the
first thing his wife told him, on default of
which he should the next morning pay tho
bill.
They then separated for the night, en
gaging to meet the next morning and give
an honest account ot themselves arid their
proceedings at home, so far as they related
to their bill.
The next morning Walker and Brown
were early at their posts, but it was some
time before Watson made his appearance.
Walker began first:
Y>u see when I entered rriy house tho
candle was out, and the fire giving but a
glimmering light, I came near walking
into a pot of batter that the pancakes were
to be made of the next morning My wife,
who was dreadfully out of humor at setting
up so late, said to me sarcastically:
“Bill, do put your foot in the batter."
“Just as you say, Maggie," said I, and
without the slightest hesitation, I put my
foot in the batter and went to bed.
Next, Brown told bis st »ry :
My wife had retired to her usual sleeping
room, which adjoins the kitchen, and the
door was ajar; Dot being able to navigate
perfectly, I made a dreadful clattering
among the householl furniture, and my
wife, in no pleasant tone, bawled out, “I)o
break the porrage pot."
No sooner said than done. I seized hold
of the p it. and striking it against the chim
ney jamb, broke it into a thousand nieces.
After this exploit I retired to rest, and got
a curtain lecture all night for my pains.
It was now Tim Watson’s turn to give
an account of himself, which was as follows :
My wife gave the most unlucky call in
the world, for I was blundering up stairs in
the dark, when she called oat, “Do break
your neck, Tirn.’^
‘l’ll be cussed if I do, Kate/ said I. as I
picked myself up, ‘I will sooner pay the
bill ’ And so, landlor 1, here’s the cash for
you, and this is the last time I will risk
five dollars on the command of my wife.
MoRB II SZING AT THE NaVAL AcADE’T Y
Five out of tne fifteen cadets at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, who have been
convicted of hazing, are shortly to be dis
missed. The practice of which these cadets
have been guilty have been of the most
outrageous and disgraceful character. In
one case a victim was Sorrrpelled to drink
the c mtents of a mag containing a
of castor-oil, mucilage, ink, tooth-powder,
a dah< xof quinine pills. Another victim
was held by the heels out of the upper story
window ot a building. Yet another victim
was compelled t> kneel down before tho
Hernd n monument, and was compelled to
offer a prayor for the President, the Ameri
can Eagle, the JSt&r Spangled Bauner, and
his persecutors. Such practices as these
deserves a greater punishment than mere
dismissal.
Leap Year. —’72 is le »p year, on which
occasions (says a hopeiul exchange) the
Democratic party will !e >p into power, nod
the Radical out existence. Whereat all
g >od people will leap f*r joy. There are to
be two eclipses of tne moon, two of the sun
and one of General Grant—which'latter
will be total and visible in all \at ts of
the United States. The new year begins
on Mo: day, which is to gite the girls a fair
start in the race for leap year privileges.—
Charleston Courier.
NO. 52.