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of Fancy a-d Substantial Stock, and the
very best Vehicles. The::- Stables are com
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Site JjfctcJhtffie Wcehijr Journal
VOLUMEI III—NUMBER 10.
Deacon Cwoodmrtn.
Deacon Goodman was extensively
hnown, not merely in his own parish,
bnt through several miles of surrounding
country, for his amiable disposition,
active benevolent* and unquestionable
piety. So thoroughly was the Deacon’s
character established, that w-lien the people
of the neighboring towns saw him passing,
they would say, “that mau is rightly
named, for if ever there was a good man
he is one.”
The Deacon, although highly orthodox,
was very liberal. Their was a small Uni
versaiist society in the town, and it really
seemed aa though he had taken the Uni
versalis’s under his especial wing; for
though always raedy to argue with them,
he would never hear them abused.—
“What,” he would say, “have we not
sins enough of our own to answer for?—
; So far 03 man is concerned, they have as
gooda right to their error as we have to
our truth. We must all render the great ac
count ; not of each other, but each of
| himself !”
The Episcopalians had also been prowl
ing about within the deacon’s domain,
and had formed a little church, which
met for public worhship in the school
house ; and, although the society consist
ed of but nine or ten families, they were
warmly discussing the question, whather
the now church, to be built 1: xt year,
should be Grecian or Gothic. The parish
clerk thought it ought to be modeled af
. ter St. Paul's in London.
“They had better model it after St.
Betel's at 11 cue,” said a rich old church
member, hereafter to be mentioned.
“It’s none of my business,” said
D. neon C oilman, “'nut won’t all this ex
; pence come rather hard on your small
“IV ■ depend up on the church at large,”
said the cleric, “and v. e expect the society
will grow.”
“Oh :' 'a it,” said Ihe ' n, “you
i go on the martin swallow principle : put
| up the box and the birds will come.”
But although Deacon Goodman could
not see the s’, isdom of ;!:e clerk’s reison-
I ing, he had no vulgar prejudice r ir ;t
I the Episcopal church. So far from that,
on Christmas and G-. <>d Friday, and
even cu Sunday, whe.ii his own worthy
minister was absent or indi nosed, ho
Dpi/conal worship.
“t -’.it id /.;c,-> ilud t] ilaz-o in th:-:r
prayer-! • says he, “h when I do,
it is a very go t place ; and v.liat if thei
!;n ; "vo are printed? Isn't the Lord’s
| Prayer printed? If their minister or
ours over -. a 1 'L: p-.--y r than
that, J hope i hca.r it, , . * I or
' inh he qual’yhig “but” must be in
terposed, even in the case of D. aeon
Goodman. H • had a fault, tie would
i sing in meeting.
Nature lies so formed us that some
have tl s “mu its and . ar” and othi a hi
i iioi. Now this musical ear r.L. nothing
I .to do with r< al character, moral or in'. 1-
| leclunl ; but yet those who have not the
- musar.i ear ought never to ; h in meet
ing. If tliey ilo they will be sure to an
noy others, and make themselves ridicu
-1 lous. Deacon Go .dman had not the
musical ear. Whether it wore the
'•Mo iali,” or the “Cros'i- or “Jim
Crow,” and “Zip Coon,” it was all the
same to him, as far an music was con
cerned ; it was just no much Kinging.—
And the gentle and respectful rcuon
etrances of tha choir leader were nr t
with the unvaried reply,—
“Hio ing .. praying; yon might
as well ask me not to pray, I shall sing in
meeting.”
It is now proper for the biographer to
hint at another trait in the good deacon’s
character. Ho was rather “set in his
way.”
li e ail know that musical people are
rather apt to be sensitive, aud sometimes
capricious and who ever knew a theatri
cal orchestra, or even a village choir,
that had not a regular “blow up” once a
year ? Beyond all doubt, Deacon Good
man's singing was a very serious griev
ance to the choir, and no small annoy
ance to the cong: gation. Yet, in con
sideration of hi’s great merits, he was in
dulged ; though his regular Sunday per
formance often drew forth the remark,
that if music murder was a sin, Deacon
Goodman would have much to answer
for. But there is a point beyond which
forebearance is no longer a virtue.—
Grest pains had been taken by the choir
ia getting up anew anthem, selected
from Mozart, for Thanksgiving day, and
the very g-m of the piece was a solo,
which had ! m assigned to the sweetest
little girl in tbevillage. All who aitcud
ded the rehearsals were delighted witli
the solo as sung by “little Mar.-.” It I
was marked from beginning to end,
“Andantino,” “Dolce,” “Affetuoso,”
“Crescendo,” “Piano,” “Pianis
simo,” with changing keys, and flats
and sharps springing from unexpected
places hut she had conquered it ali.—
Three or four accomplished singers had
come from Boston to spend Thanksgiv
ing in the country, and who had attends 1
the last rehearsal, were in raptures
Mary’s singing. They had heard Ted
eseo and Biseacianti and Madam Bishop,
and yet they said, “for a country girl,
she is a prodigy.”
In due time Thanksgiving day arrived’
and the congregation assembled. At
THOMSON, McDTJFFIE COUNTY, GA., MARCH 5, 1873.
length came the anthem. It oven went
beyond expectation. A long rest imme
diately preceded the solo. It was no
rest for poor lit tie Mary. It was the
most anxiou3 moment she had ever pass
ed. She arose, blushing and trembling;
her agitation gave a tremor to her voice,
which added to the pathos of the music.
It was beautiful.
Now Deacon Goodman always made it
a rule when any accident detained him
until after worship had commenced, to j
come in very softly. How different from 1
the fashionable flourish ! All were intent :
on the solo. None 1-eard, and but few j
saw Deacon Goodman enter his pew, and j
take up the sheet on which the words of j
the anthem were printed. He soon ,
found the place, and, to the astonish
ment of the congregation, the indignation
of the choir, and the perfect horror of
lit tic Mary, s! nick in and accompanied lit r
through the who’e sol j. Accompanied !
“Oft in the stilly night,’’accompanied by
dipt. Bragg’s battery, would give some
idea of it. Poor little Mary was sick for
a fortnight.
“Why don't you cut that old fellow’s
tongue out ?” asked one of the Boston
singers.
“What good would that do?” aid the
choir leader, “he would howl through
his nose.”
They were all very cross. As tar the
deacon Le looked around as innocent as a
lamb, and thought he had Bung a;; well
as any of them.
Immediately aft< •• ■ i eting the clioir
leader called, on the minister.
“Sir,” said he, “tle i must stop. If
Deacon Goodman sings ipain, Ido not.”
“I know it,” said the minister, “I
have long felt the difficulty; but what
can we do ? Deacon Goodman is a most
excellent man, and Ills only faults at i
that lie is rather s- t in bis wand that
ho will sing in meeting.”
“But Deacon Goodman is ar, asonablo
man," said the chi Lr loader.
“On most occasion! - ,” replied ihe :ni:i
“D<> go and nee him, sir, for my vend
is made up if he i.htgs in meeting, I do
not.”
“Deacon Gooilinan,” said the minister,
“1 have como cm a d< licate and ran 1 : I
have come to prev '-nt tire r. pcctful re
quest of the cluiir that you will not again
King in meeting.”
The deacon was thunderstruck, 1 ul no
soon recovered.
may just a,, well .. :• :: me net to pray.
I shall sing in . dig.”
And on t; o • .and Sunday, sure enough,
he did sing loudc r . i:l, if p. ssihle, : .ore
inha tl n ver. The men sing
ers looked d.icri.t him; the girls id.l
Little Mary wax not there.
“This ■ .' top . aid the choir lead- i
er, “1 will go and ■< him ;ly ;
"jt a:vii lle 'drux.', we r.h highly ro
13ou, i you mu t ... 11 •■'. But;
y. u : •:< 'musical vo:»v, ana it is the j
reqi .. f <’■ choir, and many of
t!. cvu'greg*tfi.u, that you v.i'l rr.i again ;
sing io tueeting. ” . |
bur recovered, aud said, —
“;-iin;png is praying, and they might
as well toll me not to pray. •! sha. l! sing
in meeting.”
The deacon was dreadful “set in his
way,” and ro it went on again, week after
week, i.i the Borne old v ay.
But an incident occurred which con
tributed much to bring thi3 single ease to
a crisis. About two miles from the dea
con’s comfortable dwelling there was v.
wri telied hovel, which sheltered the
wretched wife and child:-, u of a still
mure
On or--! of the moss iurlement evenings
of a New England January, the deacon
... . /hat did he care f< ir the
isora? “I urn goiug on God’s errand,"
he said to ]:i:.: ,;lf. “I am going to vi a:
the worse than the widow and faiheriess.”
The next thing that he said was, “Oh get
out.” That he meant for the promptings
of liia own proud heart.
Misery, misery, indeed did he find in
tliat most miserable of dwellings. The
poor wretch himself lay drunk on the
floor. Tin: pale woman was sobbing her
very heart out. The children were clam- :
crons; and but few were the words of
their clamor. “I am cold,” —“I am
hungry,”—that was all. The deacon
brought in wood and made up a fire; light- i
cd a candle, and emptied the bag and
basket of food be bad brought, the pale
woman wept and sobbed her thanks.
“Oh, yon varmint,” said the deacon, as :
he looked at the husband aud father, an 1
broke off a p.ieee of 'oread for the child
ren. The genera! commotion aroused i
the poor wretch from his drunken stupor, j
He looked up an 1 recognized the deacon.
“Hullow, old music,” said he, “are i
you here? Give us a stave, old nighlin- '
gale. Sing as you do in meeting. Shift !
and scare the rats away.”
“Why, what ou earth does the critter j
mean?” said the deacon.
The.poor, pale, grateful woman smiled
through her tears. She could not help
it; she ha l been a singer in her better
days; she had also heard the deacon
sing.
I do not recall these incidents merely
because they are honorable to deacon j
Goodman, but because they are particu- j
larly connected with my story. On j
this errand of mercy the deacon caught a j
very serious cold. It affected his throat, '
and liis nose, and even his lungs, and J
gave to his voice the tone of a cracked !
base viol, alternating with the shriek of!
a clarinet powerfully but nnskillfully i
blown.
“Now deacon,” said Mrs. Goodman, j
“you won’t sing to-moiro-v, will you?” j
“Singing is praying— and—” and he j
dropped asleep.
And sure enough he did sing the next ;
day, and it surpassed nil that had gone
before.
“That is the last of it,” said the choir
leader, “I have done.”
j In the afternoon the choir was vacant;
I somo of the singers were absent aud oth
; era scattered about in the pews. The
minister read three verses of a psalm, and
: then observed,—
“T ; - choir being abcrini, si; glng must
necessarily be omitted."
But Deacon Goodman saw no such ne
cessity. He arose and sang the three
verses himself. Ho stopped six times to
sneeze; and blew lii3 nose between the
verses, by way of symphony. The rest,
day lie was sick abad. A parish meeting
wu3 hastily called, and a resolution unan
imously parsed that, “Whereas, the so
lemnity and decorum of public worship
depended much on the character of the
i music, resolved that no person Khali sing
| in meeting, in .his pnrish, without the
| approbation < f the choir.” Bather n
| stringent measure; but what could tiiey
do? The minister called upon Deacon
I Goodman, aud banded him the resolution.
|Ho read it over three times. He then
i calmly folded up the paper and Jiaedcd it
| had: to the minister, Keying,—
“Tills :i a free country yet, I hope. I
shall sing in meeting
“Then, deacon,” said the minister,
“I have n most; linful duty to perform.
T am instructed to tell you Unit your oon
i noefion with the society must cease.”
Tho deacon started from liis seitt. Had
tha full moon split into four picei-s, and
• and 1 i a quad rill in the heaven--, Orion
singing, and the Northern Bear growling
oasn, Le could not have lieen more aston
ished. He was silent-. Emotion after
j emotion rolled over bis heaving spirit.—
“At length tesra came to his relief,” is
they in novels, lie spoke, but almost
inuiticulat ely.
"I know I am a poor unworthy crea
ture, but 1 liojie tliey will take mo in
somewhere.” /
” he :aii:i.-d' r >vep‘ Idu' Ho ,ccould
|1: i Ip ii! 'id deacon Vi cold was utmost
. cured, and about c.n hopr after the in
i isivif.• •v, seen mounted ou old Mac,
i heading due north. Four mites in that
! direction lived the wortjiy minister of
another parish. The deacon ff :uid him in
j his . f.uiiy, „ ho.e i.l -o was his daughter
copying ic- “hi- was proficieut in
the art, and play-. ! the organ in her fath
er (hnreh. 81-. e had heard of the deu
cy,da musical troubles, and heard
him ting.
“Sir,” he said to the mininter, ‘"there
has been ,i little difficulty i:i our parish,
which makes r. ft cl it my duty to with
draw ; and I como to ask the privilege of
uniting with yor rs.”
“i mucii regret the difficulty in your
parish,” said the ramister, “and hope it
will amicably Bottled, ” but if you
finally <:• :iclud<* to withdraw, v.-e shall be
lmpip- to receive yliu, and when it shall
please the Lord to take good old Deacon
Grimes to himself, we shall expect you to
sit in his seat.”
After a half an hour’s pleasant conver-
Kari >ri he arose, to take his departure. At
tli.-v. moment a boy came in aud handed
a note to the minister. He read it and
after a moment’s hesitation, said, —
“Ihave roe ived a singular eommuni'
cation from our clioir leader; he has heard
of your intention to join our society, and
hs« heard of it with very great pleasure,
but he adds that it i,i ihe earnest and
uuanimoui wish of the choir that you
will not, i-:: in me.-Hnir.”
wiit not r.;;:-g m me. nng.
The deacon was electrified, but lie had
j got used to the shock.
| “Singing in praying, and I shall join
no church whole I cannot sing in meeting
—good day, «ir.”
Five miles west of his own dwelling
■ lived tlie pastor of another flock. The
! deacon found hitn shelling corn in liis
] crib. The minister had heard of the
deacon’s musical troubles, and shrewdly
suspected the object of his visit.
“Deacon Goodman, I am glad to ree
you,” said he; “this is sot exactly minis
terial labor, is it ?”
“I am of a different opinion,” said tho
deacon, “any honest and useful labor is
I ministerial labor; I hate all dandies the
; Lord forgive me—l mean I don’t like
, thorn; and I like a dandy minister least
I of any.”
“You and I agree there,” said tiie min
ister; “come walk into the house and sot;
my wife; she says she is in love with you
for your honesty and your oddities.”
“I never!’ said tiie deacon; “but I
thank you, I am in somewhat of a hurry,
and have a little business which wo can
just as well settle here. There has been
a little difficulty in our parish which
makes me feel it my duty to withdraw,
and I have come to ask the privilege of
joining yours.”
At this the reverend gentleman looked
as if he was very much surprised."
“Is it possible? Well, deacon, though
an ill wind for thorn it is a good one for
TERMS-TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
us, for it has blown you hither.” We
shall be most happy to reeeivo you, es
pecially as our choir leader has followed
tho multitude and gone West. We hnvo
been looking for someone to take his plaoe.
Oursingers nroall young and diffident, and
eaeli one is loth to take the lead. We
hear that you sing the most difficult music
and—”
‘Why mercy upon you I” exclaimed the
deacon, “I don’t know one note from an
other, I know that singing is praying;
and I sing in meeting as I pray in meet
ing.”
“Excuse me, my friend,” replied the
minister, “it in your modesty that now
speaks; yon do understand music, or yon
could never sing Mozart with proper ex
pression, and did you not sing that
most beautiful solo, which is worthy of
an angel’s ear and voice?” Now this was
all Greek io the deacon, and like a sensi
ble man as he was, lie said nothing when
he had nothing to say. “You say truly,”
continued the minister, “that singing is
praying. But to those who know nothing
of music, it is praying in an unknown
tongue, and I am sure you are not Papist
enough to approve of that. Mu.ic is a
language, and like other languages must
be learned before it can bo spoken.—
When the deaf aud dumb attempt to
speak our common language they make
strange noises, and still worse noises do
tlhyjma!;*: when, without the musical ear or
the musical voice they attempt to sing.”
Thus sensibly did the good minister
speak. Tha deacon was a good deal
“slraek up.” Though set in his way, he
was not a fool, and only needed to be
touched Ui the right place.
“It never appeared to mo in that light
before,” said the deacon, thoughtfully.
“Aud yet, my friend, it is the truo
light,” said the minister. “And now, do
lot ino give you u word of advice; go
home, aud take your old seat on Sunday,
and never again attempt to sing in meet
ing. For if your heart is in the right
place, your ear is untuued: and your
voice, though kind, is anything but mus
ical. ”
The deacon said nothing, but thought
the more. He mounted old Mag. Tho
angel of reflection- came down aud sat
upon her mane, and looked him full in
the fa.ee. Render, dm:! that seem iucon
,,ru -.ia? Is the old mare's mane an im
proper seat for an angel? I a:u afraid
you fare proud. Whp c.-ice rode on ass?
The doaeca passed a point in tytiS road,
1 who;.’' oii’one side was a sturdy oak that
iiad-lmen
; wind, and on tho other flourishing wil
! low, gracefully banding towards tho pas
: sing breeze.
“Odd rabbit,” said the deacon to him
self—it was the first word he had spoken
“to think that T should be such an obsti
nate old fool I”
He aproaceed his own village. The
reason of liis errand abroad had been
strongly Eusponied, and they were nil ou
the lookout for his return. There Good
the choir loader.
“Welcome home, deacon,” said he,
hope v.e have not lost you yet.”
“Get out,” said the deaeon, with n J
good-natured, but rather sheepish look, i
and on he went. There stood the minis
ter.
“Welcome home, deacon, I hope we
have not lost you yet.”
“Get—” ‘
He was just going to say “got out,”
but habitual reverence for the minister
cut him short. Ho looked at the minis
ter, and the minbter looked at him, aud
they both burst into a fit'of laughter.—
Tho choir leader caino up and took the
deacon’s hand, and joined in the merri
ment.
Deacon Goodman took liis old scat on
Sunday, but since that day’s adventure
I.c has never sung in mooting.
Impoi’fmit Diitew.
The following will refresh the minds of
our readers as to the dates of tho most
inqtoriant inventions, discoveries and im
provements, the advantages of which we
! now enjoy :
| Spinning wheel invented 1330.
! Paper first made of rags 1117.
i Markets invented and first used in
England in 1121.
Pumps invented 1425.
Printing invented bv Faust 1441.
! Engraving on wood invented 1490.
Post-offices established in England
j 1464.
Almanacs first published 1441.
Printing introduced into England by
Caxton 1474.
Violins invented 1177.
liases fir<t planted in England 1505.
Hatchet first made in 1591.
Punctuation- first used ia literature
1520.
j Ba/orethattimowordsaudsentcnceswerc
puttogetherlikethis.
An agricultural paper says strawberry
' bods may be protected from birds, by
rannjng a wire along the walk to which
a eat is chained. Her movements up
i and down the length of the wire will keep
: the birds away. Where there is no
i chain, the wiro can be run through the
I cat, and heated to a temperature that
will fill the cat with a longing to keep
moving.
When Jonah’s fellow passengers pitch
ed him overboard they evidently regarded
him s« n»ith«r prophet rvw lose.
Tint Secret.
I’ve something, dear, to toll you,
But I would not toll it here,
Where the yellow light is fading
From the heavy chandelier ;
For other ears are near us
And I do not think it well,
To have them hear me whisper
Tho secret I would tell.
Does it concern you ? yes dear.
It concerns yourself alonp,
And I know you’ll thank mo for it
To-night when I am gone;
There are not many round you
That would dare to tell it all,
Yet, believa me, you shall hear it,
But not within this hall.
But then, dear, in the garden,
Apart from other eyes.
Where the flowers are kissod by sweet
hearts,
That glimmer in tho skies ;
Where the emerald grass is shiny
With its pearly weight of dew,
They will not care to babblo
The secret I’ve for you.
Now we're clear of all obtrusion,
And I’m free to speak my mind
Without a fear of scandal
From aught of mortal Had,
That folks do love to talk, dear,
You know as well as I,
And that is just tho reason why
I’d have no other by.
i
We’re safe Jiere, and I’ll tell it—
About an hour ago
I saw you leave the ball-room
With that handsome young Dobow ;
And out on tho verandah.
Where the perfumes pulse along,
I saw his arm go round you—
But that was nothing wrong. .
Be still, dear ! I’m not quizzing,
Dont get into a pet ;
Such tilings were always common,
And will be for ages yet ;
Tho .arm that went around you
Was a manly one and strong,
And your mother, had she seen it,
Would have thought it nothing wrong.
Yes, yes, I’m quickly coming
To the secret I’d impart,
Don’t make yourself uneasy
And thump so at your heart.
I own it is not likely
To make a lady faint,
But when that iellowjksaed you
J think ho c racked your paint.
A OSiiinosso Trilgcilian ,A.s<-
Haultcd by n Out <•!»
I loavy-Wti^iu.
Thomas Koppa was arrested a few days
ago charged with having assaulted and
; buttered Koppa is a fair
j haired, blue-eyed, rotn-.I Vmsterdamer.
Sllns in a lank and tawny Tur.w
Chinaman—“wrinkled and brown as a
j bag of leather.” Ha is also the heavy
1 trngccliau of the Chinese theatre on Jaok
! son street, and it was liis devotion to his
I sublime profession that brought down
upon him the vengeance of Koppa. It
! appears that the unlettered Dutchman
! and the cultured Tarter occupy adjacent
j houses on Jackson street, near Dupont,
! and at the close of each night’s perform
j auce, it is the custom of Sling to rehearse
j at his lodgings the part ho is to play on
j the following night, while the members
| of Isis family discourse appropriate mus-
I ic, by means of certain gongs, cymbals,
I toot-horns, etc., the combined effect of
which is quite inspiring.
East Friday night Sling came home
with an immensely important assignment
for the following day’s performance.—
After partaking of a light collation of
varnished pork and a rat pie, he called
\ his family around him to open the re
hearsal. Impressed with the importance
i of the occasion the musicians let them
selves out with uncommon animation,
; and the tragedian began his recitation in a
; more energetic and impassioned style
I than usual. Koppa h.yl erewhilo retired
i and was peacefully snoring in his little
bed, dreaming of broad forests and rip
pling ■.! reams. The trunks of the trees
j were just changing into Bologna sansa
! ges, and tho waters of the brooks into
[ generous beer, when, lo ! the first whang
|of the celestial gong dispelled the eu
! chanting delusion, and Koppa opened
| his eyes and said :
“Got in hemmel! Does dam Shiney
; man vafi got play his dragedy and moosic
; again,” and then ho rolled over and tried
| to go to sleep again.
It was all in vain. Sling Gum had by
! this time become thoroughly imbued
i with the spirit of the character he was to
! assume, and was “chawing soap,” and
flinging his boots about in a most as
tounding manner, while the orchestra
fairly howled. It was too much for hu
man endurance, and the enraged Dutch
man sprang out of bed, donned his boots
j and trousers, and bursting in upon tho
domestic circle of the Gums, he began to
i lay about him like Friar Turk with his
quarter stall. The appalled tragedian
, roared in lusty tones for tho police, and
; soon a representative of the force ap
; poured and put a stop to the havoc that
! was being wrought by the infuriated
; Koppa. He was arraigned before Judge
Louderback on Saturday. His only ex
cuse was :
“I bledge you my vord, Shudge, I
dont got any schleep for more as a veek
mid dis dam foolishness, und I dinks he
vas about blayed out.”
Ho was ordered to appear for sentence
to-day.
According to a St. Eouis paper, they
have a Pacific Railroad Petition there
with a largo number of signatures “over
forty foe* long.”
Advertising Hates.
Ons square, first insertion.., 1 CO
Each subsequent in5erti0n............ 73
One square three months.... „.... 10 00
Onasqareßix months 15 00
One square twelve months...., 20 00
One quarter column twelve months , 40 00
Half column six months...CO 00
Half column twelve months 1A TO
One column twelvemonths...,, 125 00
CuT Ten linea or lees considered s Square-
All fractions of squares counted as squares.
What was Thought oi
Cotton i ighty-eightyeara
A~C*.
This day, one Michael Carmody was
exefiutod here for felony, upon whioh the
journeymen weavers of he city (who la
bor under great difficulty s by reason of
tho deadness of trade occasioned by the
pernicious practice of wearing cottons)
assembled in a body, and dressed the
criminal, hangman, and the gallcrufs ia
cotton, in order to discourage tho wear-!
ing thereof. And at the place of exe<m
tion tho criminal made the following
speech,
“Give ear, O good people, to words of
adr ug sinner. I confess that I have
boon guilty of many orimes that noOos
sity compelled mo to commit, which
starving condition I was in, I am well as
sured, whs occasioned by the senreity of
money that lies proceeded from the great
discouragement to our woolen manufac
tures. Therefore, good Christians, con
sider that if you go on to suppress your
own goods by wearing such cottons as
I am now clothed in, you will bring
the country into misery, whioh will con
sequently swarm with such unhappy
malefactors as your present object is ;
and the blood of every miserable felon
that will hang after this warning from
the gallows, will lie at your doors. And
if you have any regard for the prayers of
an expiring mortal, I beg that you will
not buy oi the hangman the cotton gar
ments that now adorn the gallows, be
cause I can’t rest quiet in my grave if I
should see the misery, thieving anil tliis
untimely end : all which I pray of the
gentry to hinder their children and ser
vants, for their own character’s sake,
though they have no tenderness for their
country, because none hereafterVilljwcar
cotton hut oyster women, criminals,
hucksters, and common hangmen.”
What not to Do.-—Don't bpit on tho
floor ; don’t spit at all, if you can help
it. Don t drum with your lingers and
feet j don't sit with your feet higher
j than your head ; don’t go with dirty
finger nails nor clean them in company ;
don’t clean your nose, ears or teeth in
!he presence of others ; don't eat with
your knife ; don’t blow your nose at the
| table ; don’t make sipping of tea or eat
| ing of soup a vocal exercise ; don't drop
orange peel or peach skins on the side
j walk ; don’t interrupt others in conversa
| tion ; don’t use profane language ; don’t
j whisper in church ; don't sleep in church
V l ' m ’ t I«‘U rr* in Church ;
do:, » ...ope 1,.-fore the cSSw
door; don’t run in debt, but if you do,
don’t forget to pay : dont borrow your
neighbor’s newspaper, but subscribe for
one and pay for it in advance.
A stone-cutter in Detroit keep? ready
made gravestones with the name-. .
Smith cut thereon.
It is redieulous. A 2001 b poetess is
writing verses about, “what she would do
if she was a sun beam.”
A man advertises for a competent per
! son to undertake the sale of anew modi
j cine, and mills that “it will prove liighly
i lucrative to the undertaker, ”
A Western paper laments because of
j the prevalence of the idea that it is more
i respectable to sell shoes for $lO a week,
than to earn $25 by making them.
Western women are grumbling terribly
; because the managers of agricultural
| fairs don’t give at least a year’s notice
| when they offer prizes for the finest ba
bies.
Thin party (to street urchin), “Boy,
what do you suppose that dog is follow
ing me for?” The youngster casts a
knowing look at him and readily replies ;
! “Guess ho takes you for a bone !”
Prolific. —Mrs. Dougherty, of Old
town, Me., is the joint author of fourteen
children —two batches of triplets and
four pairs of twins-—and tho oldest only
erven years of age: Good Lord 1
The Memphis Appeal tells of an Irish
man who got laughed at for making fa
ces over some persimons, and who retort
ed : “Ye may grin, ye mutton-headed id
iots, but I can lather the sowl out iv the
man that spilt vinegar over thim plums.”
A western editor says ; “It is disgust
; ,n (t 1° see young girls parading the
j streets of a modest village like ours with
a tuck-up-behind-wiggledy - darn - pholi
tiveness larger than they are.
A newspaper of lowa city gives rather
a discouraging account of what the far
mers in those “diggings” are doing.—
j Here are the prices current : A pair of
•nun ter boots cost two loads of potatoes;
a night’s lodging, a load of oats; the
wife wears five acres of wheat, the chil
i dren each ten acres of'corn ; the price of
| an overcoat is a good four-year old steer ;
of a Sunday suit, twenty fat hogs.
It is related that a New Hampshire
minister recently portrayed the history
of Jonah after the following style : “I
seem to see Jonah passing along the road
to Nineveh ; I seem to see him entering
the ticket office, buy his ticket and pay
for it ; I seem to see him walk upon the
vessel ; I seem to see them lift ..their
anchor and the stately ship movq grad
j oslly out upon the 'wood AH an tin.”