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PAUL 0. HUDSON,
A TTO !:NJ-:Y t A T LA IV,
f f Ga.
\j&ll p : thft Superior Courts of
the AnhOist*, Northern and Middle Circuits,
and in the Kvprcme Court, and will give
ait on non to all cast:.: in ILinkfoptcy,
, 1 74.
ALBERT HAPE,
>?on-lteKld(*t I>< lit iwt,
n * 1 ? & - '
VyAN still he found readv to attend to the
Hants of old andr.ew patrons, if desired, at
t ieir residences.
Will also, as heretofore, practice in adjoin
ing counties. Panic prices insured and all
work warranted.
Office at the residence of W. E. Speir.
Please address by letter, at Tlioiuaon, Ga.
fmm hotel,
[Charlesion, S. C.
G. T. ALFOKD .f CO.,
Proprietors.
Hates, s2. (hi, >2.50 and *:.(• 0 per day
,h Hot easily earned 111
M m 5 tlies'* times, but it can be
made in three im nths by any one of eitln r
sox. iu and part f the country who is will
ing to work steadily at the employment that
we furnish. £<*D per week in y< ur ow n
town. Yon need not be aw ay from home
aver night. Yon can give y;ur whole time
ti the work or only your sp.-.-e inonu nts.
Wt Hf.ents wfio ere mni-tog over #2O
per I|,v. All who engage r.t once can make
niom-y f.wi. At the present money cannot
be maiW* s* easily and rapidly at any other
buwnes't. It w *s nothing to tty the bus
- -v**TlH free. Address
at *n ** H. IlAixr.T A Cos., Portland,
Maim
Ilaii* Onttln *jr
—IN THE—
IATEST mi) feiGSi StiENTIFIC
NANHER,
-JBY-r
E. D. AMMONITTI,
Artist on llitiMint I lair,
(OFFICE UNDER t'ENTHAI. HOTEL,)
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
jnarf'.l f
SIM feSMINS,
Mil and Bolts,
CHEAPER THAN EVER
—AT THE—
Forest City Fniary
-AND—
Machine Works,
GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO-
Proprietors.,
Augmsta, Ga.,
tHTEugines, Cotton Screws, Mill (tear
ing and Machinery of every kind made
and repaired. iaay23*A§
food" I Btemi
; H u o i* 9
G. W. ROBERTS
Announces to the nubiio that lie
is prepared to do all kinds of Wood
and Blacksuulh work. Bni'.yliuK.and je-.
pairing Vyffai ipd Wagons a*pia%.
I defy competition in prices.
Thanking the pnWic lor past patroiy.ee
I respectfully solicit a continuance of too
same.
I am also prepared to do all kinds of
Plow work.
Shop At Soroggths old stand, or.
Greenway Street, near Shield's Mill.
Give me e call. -
jaul4s W G. .W. ROBBRtS
_ | wr . f -w- v -
A. Mason & Son.
Watchmakers and Jewelers,
At the old stand of C. C.
Ttruckner,
Mnln St, Thomson, (iff.
Will repair ~vVatob#fl, Clocks. Jewelry.
£e.. *henji fur CASH and warranted to
give ertitm 1 fiitiwfßetimi. AVe are iilko,
agents for the celebrated Crown Hpf
OiT Wa al*o have a eourlpte . .ocV of
Sewing Machine Fiifcrty uiihan.d, and nr*
piepared to repair Machines at the
lowest cash prices. Give us a call.
Jan ICM in.- *•* *' !
John Morrissey used to give away
$25,000 a year in charity.
The manufacture of base balls em
pl ’ys 3uo workman at Natick, Mass.
A man walks on the water at Taunton,
Mass. He wears immense tin shoes in
which air is £onfined.
The number of duels iu France for
the year 1877 was seventeen, from which
resulted five deaths.
Tt is said that Sell tty lor Colfax can go
into a drug store and put up his own
i proscriptions.
It is reported that Lord Derby's intel
lect is becornming <U ordered, and many
i stories art told An LoflfiOn about his ce
j centrioifcies.
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According to the statement of the
I Keveuue collector in San Fraueisco,
I 274,977 barrels of beer wore sold in that
city last year, being about one to each
{ inhabitant.
Lotta cuts off the coupons from $200,-
000 in government bonds every quarter
day. So much for having a shapely pair
of intellects and an esthetic banjo.
President Taylor’s grave, in Jefferson
cour*y, Ky., is unmarked by any monu
ment, and Gov. McCreary, of Kentucky,
wishes the State Legislature t call upon
Congress to put one up.
One of the latest things iu prize com
petition was a pie eating match iu To
ronto. The competitors had their hands
tied behind them, aud they devoured
raspberry tarts from the top of a stool.
Berlin has a population of 804,000
Protestants, for whom there are but 34
thirty-four churches and ninety-five min
isters that is one shopard to a flock of
5,436 sheep.
The late Chief Justice Pearson, of
North Carolina, left eleven of his pupils
judges or ex-judges of North Carolina
courts. Three of these eat on the Su
preme Court bench by the side of their
old preceptor.
Several hundred vessels used for com
tnercial purposes, lately excavated at
Home, are covered with inscriptions
throwing light on business terms in an
cient Rome, and the archaeologists are
hard at work.
For the first time in Holland the de
cree of doctor of medicine has been con
ferred upo>, a woman, Miss Aletta
Jacobs, a lady who e intention to prac
tice medicine in Amsterdam is utuvuu*
cetb - v
The Queen of the Belgians is one of
the boat Indy whips in the world, and ns
fond of horses as her sister-in-law, tin*
Empress of Austria. Bhe guides her
pony four-in-hand about the steep streets
of her capital ns deftly as an expert.
Following the lead of Tennessee, I lie
Legislature of Mississippi has reelected
n woman, Mrs. More nee, Btnte Libra
rian, and Mrs. Sarah E. Porter, a school
teacher, is being urged for a like posi
tion in lowa.
“Sales l>y cacdh-,” was the method of
side daring the seventeenth century. A
whx candle, about an inch in length,
was set. on the edge of a knife, and he
that hitl most before the caudle was out.
was the buyer.
Every applicant for a liquor liscense
*n Alabama is now obliged to take on
oath that he will neither give nor sell
any kind of liquor to a minor, or person
of rtnsonnd mind, without permission
from parent or guardian.
In view of the decision of the German
Emperor to exclude from the German
Fine Art sectiou of the Exhibition any
picture recalling the war of 1870, the
French Government has resolved to ex
clude French pictures commemorating
that war.
Seven years ago, it is stated, Flood
and O’Brien were conducting a drinking
saloon (f modest pretentions in the city
of San Francisco. To-day they are
ranked among the silver kings of Ameri
ca, with a monthly income of over $2,
OdO.OAO each.
Although nearly eighty years old
Prince the Russian Pre
mier, stands ]>erfectly erect, and exhib
its a very majestic form. He is acces
sible to ah, dresses in an old-fashioned
suit of brown, and displays but on# ar
ticle of jewelry, a s nail diamond pin
given him by his mother on her death
bed A son is Russian Minister to
Switzerland.
A Padua publisher is to send to the
Exhibition an edition of Dante scarcely
larger than the thumbnail, and intended
for a watch-chain appendage. The let
ters Eire so small as tc resemble grains of
sand, and few, of course, can decipher
them without a magnifying glass. It
being impossible to distribute the type
afler the edition had been worked off, it
was returned to the foundry. This
Iliad iu a nutshell will be bound in red
telvet with silver clasps.
Russian officers and soldiers are con
stantly seen iu the streets and cafes of
Constantinople, fraternizing with Turk
ish officers; whom they met on the field
of battle. A party of English sailors
who had got their month's wages., re
cently nle an excui'Mofi, by raih•,. I,
San tftffnno. There they iuvi
squad of Russian soldiers to dine won
t cm hon American restaurant. Bote
p irli'-s, “half seas over,** at the end •>!
banqofc', cemented their friendship by
“cleaning out” the establishment and
getting up a general fight.
“A MAP OF BUSY LIFE: ITS FLUCTUATIONS AND ITS VAST CONCERNS."
THE DAY OLD BET WAS SOLD.
BY FRANK H. OA SNA WAY.
I wandered * here a curious crowd
Thronged in an open square
To see and auction held, of things
. I hat were both odd and rare.
It was a travelling showman’s stock
That made the people stare.
There were horses gray and ponies brown,
And birds of every kin,
And lions grim, and polar hears,
And serpents long and thin;
An elephant was up for sale
Amid ho noisy din.
Gravely above the gaping crowd
The huge beast patient stood;
Yet gazed, metbought, with anxious eye
D-rrxM.d tfip rnbhl** rude. - -A- - -
| To where an out man sat. apart
[ In fixed and mournful mood.
“And why so sorrowful, old man?”
I said. Re raised his head,
His eyes were full of the dumb grief
Of faces that are dead.
“They’re selling off old Ret from me,”
In husky voice he said.
“And do you cave so much ?” A tear
Upon tne rough cheek fell,
“Stranger, sit down beside me here,
And, if you like. I’ll tell
Why that, old beast is dear to me,
And why I love her well.
’Tis nigh twelve years ninco Bet and I
First start* and on the road,
And never once; in all that, time,
I’ve touched a whip or goad;
She is the gentlest, quickest thing.
r J hat ever bore a load.
She’d catch a trick, and do it too,
l’efove you'd think to wink.
And eve.y word I'd speak she’d know—
And, times I almost think
She’d find, at last, a way to talk,
And be that “missin’ link.”
Always the same old gentle girl,
Though little hay slic’d get;
Sometimes when biz was very hud,
And roads were rough, and yet—
She was the gentlest of wo three,
Me, Jimmie, and old Ret.
Jim was my little one, you soe
The brightest, sweet-eft boy
That ever came from heaven on earth
To be a father’s joy.
His mother died when he was horn,
And Ret awhile was coy.
And jealous, too, until at length
She somehow seemed to find
That Jimimo lmd no mother left,
Ami so she changed her mind.
And 'dopted him herself, and proved
As any mother kind.
We brought him up by hand, uh two,
You needn’t smile, 'tis true,
There’s not a nurse in all the land
That could old Ret outdo ;
She’d make a cradle of her trunk,
And shake his rattle, too.
And when the nights were cold and sharp
The rain came driving in,
Beneath her big warm side he’d lay
And laugh at blankets thin
No fear that, rut would door® b'<Hy
■ ’iul vi'wj'li the- 1 t y ill.* T
Ah 1 well, wne day (the rich don’t know
What poor folks have to do),
I was training Jimmie for the ring,
When, as ho vaulted through
A paper hoop, he missed and fell,
All white, and senseless, too.
ITis spine was hurt, and two long years
We nursed my crippled child.
Yet, even when he suffered most
He patient was and mild.
A hundred times he dried my tears
And coaxed me till I smiled.
We never left him, Ret and I,
Rut steady day by day
She’d softly swing him off to sleep,
Or fan his pain away,
And every cake or nut slic'd got
On Jimmies bed she’d lay.
Rut that’s not all one stormy night,
Just as we. pitched the tent,
TJIO lightning struck a tiger s cage,
And out the mad beast went;
Then suddenly there catno the scream
For help, that Jimmie sent.
We heard the tiger snarl just where
The tiny bed did lie,
The keepers jerked their pistols out
And rushed toward the cry.
Quick as we were, old Ret was first;
Hhe flung the baby high.
And as upon her great black head
He clung, all white and flat,
With lifted trunk and leveled tusks
Old Betsey faced the cat!
I gave her double hay that night—
Who wouldn’t uftcr that?
At last Jim died, and when in peace
The little angel lay,
The very downs had tears to shed,
\nd one knelt down to pray.
Although our boss was rough and hard,
We didn’t show that day.
And as around the coffin small
Gathered our solemn band,
Old Betsey took it up herself
Ere we could stretch a hand,
And when w t left the ferave looked hack,
And seemed to understand.
Then only toe were left. That seemed
But closer still to tether
Old Bet and me, and sadly since,
In fair or stormy weuther,
Upon the road or in the ring,
We've mourned our dead together.
They say have no souls- -no heaven
When they are dead —I know
If there’s a place where faithful love
Has got trio smallest show,
They’ll lot Bet in, or else it’s not
The place I want to go.
I havn’t many years to live,
And Bf tsey’s growing old;
They might have let 11s rough it through—”
Just then hiii face grew cold—
For as he spake the hammer foil,
And poor old Bet was ?jold.
—Han Franmco Chronicle.
Some Familiar Wor ds and
Phrases.
Lord Lytton somewhere says
that after Shakespeare, Horace has
given us mere quotations so gener
ally in use as to become proverbial,
titan any other author.
Teronco, l’lautus, Virgil, Ovid,
and the celebrated Greek poet Mo
i under have a bled much to swell
lit- he '• "i’ks
• choose **l such exp' -sinti
lb. \v.. all know tlint Te t, ve
-a t*ly remark, a- w -n- q i litiy
do, ‘There's many a slip leixi tne
cup and the lip," that we arc giving
THOMSON, GA. MAY 15, 1878.
a literal tr anslation of an old Greek
hexameter; and when wo resignedly
speak of “smiling through our
tears,” little a wo suspect it wo art*
quoting Homer.
That musty old proverb of Frank
lin's, “Early to bed and earl’ to
rise,” etc , has been the bane if my
existence. Many a delightfullSjiiry
story and equally wonderful morn
ing dream have been brokfli in
upon suddenly and irreniodia!®' bv
the voice of far her or mother string,
“Now, child, remember the nrojt-rb,
•Early to bed and early to
Thri proverb. however ungfaeiote.ly,
has been obeyed, but alas! fo. the
health, wealth and wisdom so lav
ishly promised. My oyes are lvorn
out with use before dawn, the wis
dom which had they had p; riper
rest 1 might have obtained is non
eft. while, my wealth may ho esti
mated by the prieo this articleovill
bring, “Clod help them that, help
themselves' is lrom the same l end,
hut bears an independent, energetic
spirit, strangely at variance v ith
the sluggardly counsel to spend ’.he
long winter evening, so fu I of -oi
don opporlunties for gaining km -s l
ed ge, in idle slumber, (live this
idea about sleeping early and rising
early to the winds. More harm is
done the eyes by two hours’! esc
beforo breakfast than could posjfhly
befall them during the rest of the
day. .1
/'Never put olf till to-mofrow
what can be dono to-day,” ijalso
Franklin’s, and ono cannot mike a
greater mistake than by following
this uroverb, unless indeed ho Ife an
inveterate procrastinator, lint for
a sane man to deliberately cut li.in
sotf off lrom that iucrcase of knowl
edge or change of circumstances
which the next day may bring forth
is simply silly. Far rather would I
choose as mine the rendering winch
Murk Twain has put upon this
proverb, “Never do to-day wlun
can be pul off till to morrow.”
Rabelais has given us many e-.'ii
mon expressions, such as “Rohbig
Peter to pay Paul,’ ‘And he
thought he moon was mad.- of
green • hecse.” , *
T. t:* ftWiiiiar adage, ‘Knl com
munications corrupt good manners.”
was quote'll by St. Paul, at.'Ms found
in a fnignicnt of one of the comic
poems of Menander.
Many of the trite and seemingly
most national Scotch and lingli h
proverbs have Leon borrowed from
the East, and even thv famous old
saw, “To carry coals to Newcastle "
has a prototype not only in tho Per
sian saying, ‘To carry pepper to
Hindoostan,” blit also in the He
brew, “To carry oil to the city of
Olives.”
Erasmus defii es a proverb a;
being, ‘‘A well-known sating re
markable tbrsome elegant, novel y.”
Cervantes sn it, is “A short so -
tence drawn from long experience,’
and Lord John llnsscll di dares it
to be "T he wit. of one anti the wis
dom of many," while Howell de
scribes the ingredients and a go <j
provei b to be "Sense, shortness,
and salt.”
It is believed that Spain carries
off the palm in point of originality
and elegance, as she certainly most
in number, as one person ha- made
a collection of twenty-four thou
sand, and llepuilcs lias since pub
lished six volumes of proverbs!
The. common expression, “Mind
your p’s und q's, had its origin in
the ale houses in the olden time,
when it was customary to keep each
man’s account upon tlr- wall or
door. At the head of the 'ill would
be the initials P and Q, which stood
for pints and quarts, and as the
numbers mounted up we can imag
ine one kindly rustic sayipg to
anothejp, "Mind your p's and q’s,
man ; mind your p’s and q's.”
Tho origin of the phrase, “A featli
er in one’s cap,” is accounted for in
the Lansdowno manuscript in the
British Museum. Bore may be
found a description of Hungary in
1599, in which the writer says ol
the inhabitants: "it hath been an
antiont custom among them that
none should wear a father, but lie
who had killed a Turk, to whom
ordte yt was lawf t: to shew the
number of sluino enemy’s by the
number of fothers in Ins cappe.”
How frequently wo see a child
jump from a retreat : lid shtick
“Boo!” at his frightened In
playmates. Tho work is a corru
lion of Bob, tho son of Odin, so
fierce a general among the fiotlis
that the mere mention of his name
spread a panic during his lifetime
and, stranger still, has continued to
-, so o er in ■>
! . , , ii , .1 rived from
inmitQ, a .a iicse benches
• CI’C- 1 . A pi .CCS,
i liter tlte • xclia cos n rn m-y
to- k place, flic Hist piihlic bank
yeas established by Jews in Venice,
i in the year 1550.
The word skedaddle, the writer
had always supposed to ho slang of
tho worst type. An article how
ever, upon the word says that it
may he readily traced to a Greek
origin arid that Thucydides and
Herodotus frequently use tho word
in speaking of a minted army.
'1 lie Swedes and Danes have a
similar word hearing tho same sig
nification. An old version of he
Irish Now Testament contains tho
passage: “I will smitd the shep
herri, and the she.-p shall big,
, f (all scattered). This word was
probably used by some Irishman at
Hull Kun, and, being very expressive
was soon taken up by every one.'
The expression “Getting into a
scrape,” has its origin in Scotland.
Upon the seashore in that country
tho game of “golf” is much plnye I,
somewhat resembling croquet or
billiards, being played with balls
arid mallets. Tho hole which the
rabbit makes is there culled a
“scrape," and as rabbits are many
in number, burrows or scrapes
abound, and balls frequently full
into them, when the players call
out “You urc in a scrape!” As of
course getting in a sciape ruined
that stroke, it was an unpleasant
position to be in, and since we have
applied the phrase to all dilemmas.
“It will bo done'before you can
say Jack Hohinso.nl" Such re
marks wo frequently hear, and one
authority says thut tin; individual 1
so frequently mentioned is one Air.
John Robinson, who lived in West,
moreland, and who iu a remarkably
short time rose from obscurity to
wealth nnd power, becoming a
member of Parliament and Secre
tary of the Treasury, besides hold
ing o t ho r important positions.
Groso says tho expression origina
ted from a very vol tilo gentleman
bearing this name, wiio woul call
upon his neiiflibors and bo gone al
most bef- -. name was annum)
cod. AMm a li 'i-ity claims tho
following lii is, inf.-, from an old
play, ns the orig mil ones:
“A world! i: yn us mtsie to bo doone
, Ah Ivh to save Jaoke Kubvson.”
fi'lie \v<A'(i artMialias a most- inter
esting little Bit o! lloman history
done uj< in its small compass. ’Flic
word is from the Latin and means
sand. But to the student’s eye it
means a great leal more Ife sees
the Homan amphitheater crowded
to its utmost u it.li the beautiful
women and bravo men of llie n*-
nowned city. Within the circle
two gladiators fight, each ono feel
ing it is for his life. How earnest
ly they strive for liberty, hut alas!
how vainly. Kaeh one al the same
moment gives tho fatal blow, ;nd
each one lies weltering in his bl*od
'flic peojdc shout, the ladies clap
their dainty jeweled lingers, and
the attendants coining in drag out
i,he deal bodies and strew the
ground with fresh guild that tlu*
new combat ants may not slip in the
blood ol their predecessors. When
most of us speak <>■' of the arena
of life, for instance yvo think of the
earth us the battle field and men
struggling for right or for '.vicing;
hut tho first meaning of the word
has slipped away trom us entirely.
The word porcelain means in
Spanish little pi g. Wluit possible
connection can there be between
the beautiful china-ware which glit
ters in our shop windows and the
little pigs rolling in the gutter? In
1518 tho Portuguese effected their
settlement at Macao, and through
them tho first specimens < f porce
lain yvere imported into Europe
They hud appliod the term parcel
Inna to the cowrie shells, which
repieseaUtd oriental money, because
of their resemblance to the pjigk-
TmelSoT! iitl • pigs. Afterwards, as
the transparent and beautiful china
ware resent bled the delicate coyvric
shell, it yvas called by the same
natno.
I will close this article by giving
tho origin of t e word quiz, which
i find to boas follows: A theatri
cal manager in Dublin at a dinner
party with some friends, when the
conversation turned upon the sub
ject of words, bet a basket of cham
pagne that he could then and there
coin a word which would ho in tho
mouth of every body in tho city tho
next day. The hot being taken the
party dispei-d. The manager
culled his eri-iiiid hoys and runners,
...ave 1 ncm j.i fchalk, au-i t"ld
in in e i-iti- V i.. I “<pii" on
• very .lUttc i- n.-o l hey
otild find in i. -■■.- It was
done, and as a matter ol course tho
new word was in everybody’s
mouth the next day, and has won a
good in i legitimate s 1 ending.
There i" u liiclor in liavejiport,
lowa, for making sugar Irom corn,
i'he product sinuee no: re-', in tiles
rnqile gi, uud sell- readily in
the nei. .horikoml. The syrup is
especially liked.
[Journal Correspondence. J
Pic-Nic.
Nonwoon, Ga., May 6th, 1878.
Pear Jourtial .-
Notwithstanding 1 have nothing
of a very charming character to
communicate this week,. I would
ask your permission to publish the
following on tori ai n men t.
In duo time “Sir" I was honored
with a polite note from one of our
fairest, inviting me-to attend a May
party, which, of course, I accepted.
It was priuoipaly given by our
school about one mile from this
'city. I joyfully looked for tliW
coming -occasion—it t i-aspired to
day. I will endeavor to write th
entire circumstances as I promis
cuously observed them. This
morning although there was no sun
to pen evirate the murky clouds, and
all nature seemed to bo contrary to
tho wishes of the young people
from 6:30 o'clock, a. m., theeweie
to he seen young Indies with flowers
going up broad way to tho wonder
ful sociable, the writer kept pour
ing over medical puges, hoping to
discover some blight phenomenal
change in the weather, hut alas,
there was none It rained on until
10 o'clock and then stopped awhile.
So 1 fixed up and displayed great
heroism ; rode over to thv appointed
grounds, near Aunt Dnleis creek.
'Twas a beautiful situation, and t
expected at least to see a few el the
beauties, but I was sadly disap
pointed, there was no voice, save
natures own sound, tho waters de
scending tlie little babbling brook
as 1 stood alone upon its bank,
spake in sounding waves to me,
singing sweet by and by I went up
the bill s do, where 1 espied some
mud walled cottages, I passed these
by and fortunately met with two
gentlemen who informed mo that I
was on the right, truck, that is, as I
uiidci'Btoo • it. a large number had
j ist gone ahead, soon I reached tli
school house, where the crowd had
assembled to keep dry anil carry
out the day. When 1 alighted from
my steed, welcomes came up on
every hand, a cry, a roar of “won,
won, won,” greeted my cars until I
felt like retiring abashed behind the
scene*..
living determined to havo a good
time, I walked through tho beauti
ful grove right straight to ono of
tho windows tv hero a certain
boquel of young ladies prepared
their rhetorical ear for some
severe shrieks at my approuebin
presence. I talked with extreme
modesty—l liked so much—that J
commenced usirg a telephone on u
small scale. I whispered politics,
and it was real aimi-ing.
This affair was originally inten
(led as a fish gratification hut turn
ed out. just what 1 expected and
wanted, a conversational festival.
After laughing and talking some
time I began to get serious about
“visions.” i told the n I didn't eat
breakfast, thinking of that evcnt
usl banquet. Soon the old ladies
and quite a number of the younger
class opened the baskets which
were filled with all good things
tempting lo Ih sight ns vri■ 11 as
the taste. Benches were suitably
arranged upon which table clothe
were spread in romantic style.
Then in proper order was Het out
one of the finest assortments of well
Cooked eatables I ever had the good
fortune to behold. Various meats,
breads, pies and cakes, met our per
sonal gaze. Without any ceremony
the final grand invitation was an
nounced to one and all, ea', drink
and bo merry. None were slighted
and none refuse 1.
If was I suppose, one of the most
excellent dinners ever spread out
upon thewiipf clad hills of old War
ren county. I must congratulate
the ladies and getters up of this
sociable dinror, for their kindness,
taste and beauty. I only regret
tiiat some of my special friends
wore not present lo partake with
me. After the repast we congrega
ted again in the school house where
I looked upon the blackboards on
the wall the benches and desks
which reminded me fmy own long
to bo remembered happy school
days, us they have flown never to
return. In the evening about 3
o'clock, up drove a very fas
tidious turn out composed clieifly
o| ladies tojon our merry party.
\V- c tin .ii a hearty reception
unit uni} wi h they could have hern
with u sooner and participated in
all the pleasures of the day.
One of Thomso i’s beau ies was
happily in attendance, with whom
l laid the pleasure to form an e
-qtiniirnnoo. At 5 o'clock y. m., wo
disbanded. Kverydody seemed
anxious to get home, a* it was driz
zling rain and the clouds threatened
more extensive inclemency. As 1
close this article, I would sincerely
hope iliat wo may be permitted to
enjoy' many more sueh days.
A. M. I).
'
Origin of th* Whito Trasli.
A negro preacher delivered a
funeral discourse over the body ol
an old colored brother, in which lie
gave an account of tho genesis of
tho species (white) which threw
Darwin nnd all of his vain philoso
phy of molecular, gemmular and
atomic creation completely in the
shade.
“My hreddren, when Adam and
F.he was fast made, dob was bof
nriggers. Hut do good Lord put
mm! in tlu? garden where he had
hfs rummer apples, and lole 'em,
Adam, you nnd Evbe may cut deni
summer apples, much as you want,
but you jes’ let dom Fowler apples
be—l dun snve detn f r my own
special toof. Dcese, like sheep meet,
too good for niggers."
“Dec. do good Lord wont off'bout
bis business, lomonuding up and
down the yotli seeking up whom
ho might save tip. But he no soon
er I urn his hack dan jes’ like two
fool niggers, Adam and Ebe steal
all dc Fowler apples. Ebe In lode
first one, smack her Itibly thick lips,
mid *qnired of Adam, ‘How is dot
for high?’ Adarr. said it. was a!I
O. K., and deh went for dern Fow
ler apples liko do hclhjng Chinee.
“Fvmebi do Lord comes hack,
and do fust ting he said wa--, ‘Adam!
Adam! where my Fowler apples ?’
I cn Adam got. skeered and said,
‘T don’t know, Lord, but 1 speck
Ebe got 'em.’ And de Lord went
in Ebe and said, Eb ", you got dom
Fowler apples ?' Den Ebe got
skeered and said, ‘Dunno, Lord ; but
I kinder speck dut foo! nigger Ad
am took 'em.’ Den de Lord got so
mad he fairly stna hed his teeth.
Ho stomped back up to whore Ad
am was stnndiii’ and shiverin’ like
a sheep-killin' dog, and lie mude
de groan’ fairly shako <s he said.
‘Adam! Adam! you grind old thief,
what for you steal my Fowler ap
ples?’ Adam got so skeered he
turned white as a sheet! and my
belubbcd hrudren, ho lubber got
b ack any more, and dat 'counts for
de poor white trash we see flyin'
round henli ) grand, votin’ do
Dimierat tickot! Let us look to de
Lord and Do distinist.”
A Land ot Wonders,
The greatest cataract in the world
is the Fulls of Niagara, wi ere the
water from tho great upper lakes
forms a river of three fourths of a
mile in width and then, be ! ng sud
denly contracted, plunges over the
rocks in two columns, to the depth
of 175 feet.
Tho greatest cave in the world is
the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky,
where on can make a voyage on
tho waters of a subterranean river
and catch fish without eyes.
Tho greatest river in the known
world is the Mississippi, 4,000 mhos
long.
The largest valley in the world is
tho valley of the Mississippi. It
contains 500,001) square miles, and
is one tho most fertile regions of
the globe.
The greatest city park in the
world is in Philadelphia. It eon
tains over 2,000 acres.
The greatest grain port in the
world is Chicago.
The greatest lake in the world is
I,ako Superior, which is truly an
inland sea, being 130 mites long and
1,000 feet deep.
The longest railroad at present i
the Pacific Kail road, being ever
3,000 miles in long! h.
Tho greatest mass of solid iron
in the world is the iron mountain
~f Missouri. It is 860 fed high
and two miles in circuit.
The best specimen of Grecian
architecture in the world is the
Girard College for orphan?, Phila
delphia.
Tho largest aqueduct in tho world
is the Croton Aqueduct, New York.
Its length is 10 1-2 utiles and it cost
$12,500,000.
The largest deposits of ant liraciti
coal in tho world ttro in Pennsyl
vania, the mines of which supply
the market with millions of tons
antuiailv, and appear to be inex
haustible.
A Racy Examination,
Thu following racy examination
of candidates for admission to the
liar is taken from tho Western Luw
Journal. Tho examination com
mune, and with:
‘‘Do you smoke '!"
“I do, sir.”
“Have you a spare cigar?”
“Yes, sir.” Kxtcnds a short six.
“Now, sir, what is tho first duty
ol a lawyer?”
“To collect fros.”
“Right. What is tho second Y”
“To increa-o the number of cli
ents."
“When docs the pi siliou towards
IV timber I.
IPropri e tor r*.
clients change?”
“When making out a hill of
costs ?"
“Explain.”
“We thou occupy tjfe antagonistic
position. I become the plaintiff
and ho becomes the defendant.”
“A suit decided, limy do you
stand with the lawyer > the ollur
side?”
“Check b; j vrl.”
‘'Enough, sir. You promise to
beenme nn ornament t your pro
fession, and 1 wish you success.
Now, are you a- are of (he duly
you owe tne?”
“ Perfect iy."
“Describe it.”
“It is to invito you to drink.”
“Hut suppose I decline? ’
Candidate scratelnis his bead.
“Thoro is no instance of the kind
on record in tne hooks. I c.-nuot
answer t lie question?’
“You tiro right. And the wuifl.
deuce with which you make the
assertion ‘hows conclusively that
you read the law attentively. Let's
take a drink, anti t will sign your
certificate at once !” '
Tribulations of A Local Editor,
Once upon a time a local editor
dreamed that he was dead, and in
another world. He approached the
gate of a city before jifin. anl
knocked for admittance, b -t,no out
answered his summons. The cate
remained dosed against him. Then
he cried aloud f r an entrance, but
the only response were, scores of
neads appearing above the wall on
each side of the gate. At sight of
him the owners of t he heads sot up*
a dismal howl, and opo eif them
cried : “Why didn't you notice the
big egg I gave you?” At this hor
rid and nto t unexpected interroga
tion, the local turned in the direc
tion of the voice to learn its owner,
when another voice shrieked,
“Where's the piece you wero going
to write about my soda fountain?”
and close upon thi- was the awful
demand: “Why did you write a
piece about old Poddle’s f< nee, and
-hover say a word about ilff'hew”
gate?" Whatever answer he was
going to frame to this appeal was
cut abruptly off by tbc astonishing
quarry: “What did you spoil my
name wrong in the programme
for?” The miserable man turned
lo flee, when lie was rooted to the
spot by this terrible demand : “Why
did you put my marriage among
the ('callus?" 110 was on the point
of saying the foreman did it, when
a shrill voice n ndly cried: “What
made you put in my runaway, and
spoil the sale of my horse?" And
this wus followed by the voice of a
femalo hysterically proclaiming:
“This is the brute that hot hod my
poetry, and made me ridiculous I'
Whereupon hundreds of voices
screamed: “Where's my article?
(live mo back my article." And in
ihc midst ol the horrd din the poor
wretch awoke, ] erspiring at every
poro, and screaming for help. The
next day he resigned, ami wo had
to hunt tip another local editor.—
Danbury Ncirs.
Longevity of Animals.
Amongoilurspoils is inch Alexan
der the Grout look from Porus, an
Indian king, wa- a m ister elephant.
Those animals were then, as now,
held ia the highest esteem in that
('oiiHfry- That, pnrlfeii'ar elephant
fought so bravely for bis master,
that tite admiration of the conquer
or was excited in it's favor. Ho
ordered film 10 be sot fee, aid al
lowed to tango at pbuiMiri—-tost
naming him Ajax, and plueing a
medal securely to bis neck bearino'
this inscription: “Alexander sop,
of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to tho
sun.” Three hundred and fifty tour
years after. Ibe old follow was re
discovered mid in good
condition, us not hing, was recorded
to the contrary. Therefore, it is
pr diahlc that, elephants may five
several hundred centuries before
the nmcl inory of life gives out.
Cuvier, t lie great’ French naturalist,
saw no reus >n why whales should
not reach a thousand years. An
eagle died at Vienna that was
known to bo 104 years old. A
skeleton of a swan rs in the posses
sion of an English gentleman that
died when 290 years of age. Tor
toises have been repeatedly found
with datus cut iuto heir shells by
aueietit hunters, showing that they
were over 100, and yet were crawl
ing on vigorously with now mark
ings into a second century.
Tic I’ev. Henry Ward Beecher's
idea that there is no led is bad for
newspaper publishers, as many sub
scribers may now utterly refuse to
pay, if they have tho most remote
suspicion that Beecher knows what
ho is talking about.