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SATTTRDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1572.
?HE TEIMS JM BACHELOII.
I am a bachelor, and am, therefore,
necessarily a miserable man. My ago
is “uncertain j” but this is of no conse
quence, not being a woman. In the
dispensations of an inscrutable nnd
afllictivc Providence I am, for the pre
sent, living at a boarding house. This
circumstance is enough to drown one’s
self, not to say ono’s fsiends, in tears.
I have never committed any great crime
that I know of, and hence it is difficult
to understand why I should bo so
punished. Perhaps it is because lam
a bachelor, this being about the most
heinous of all my offences against society)
and especially against mysolf. Hut
whatever may be the train of circum
stances, evil or good, that led to so un
happy a mode of life, it is nevertheless,
pro tempore the method of my unfortu
nate existence.
And since I am so placed, and since
it is the duty of us all to waru others
against untoward experiences into which
we have drifted or blindly run ( and since
a simple rocital of wbat hourly crucifies
ny inmost spirit, will or ought to tend
to this benevolent end, I hereby hint at
rather than describe the cause of my
iuward laceration.
Love is said to be a, flame. This—
which for the sake of not going counter
to the dictum of such as are learned in
this tender lore, we will admit to be
true —would tot matter much if it only
burned those in whom it is kindled but,
like other flames, it scorches also those
who are near. Now, I am not only
pear to one. bu f to several of these
flames. One is so very .near that it
shines with exceeding fervor on my face,
it half blinds my eyes. When I look
down into the “demnitiun moist” deptLs
of my cup of coffee, it wholly disquaities
me fotdistinguishing between a mutton
chop and muffin. Tennyson speaks
ef the storm making “the rose poll side
ways.” Even so do I find it neocessary
to turn my face “sideways” to escape
the iatenser beat, and Tennyson might
call, with poetic vigor, the storm of love.
Well, just by me as I have sajd, is
this scorching fire of the affections and
simmering of the blood. In two con-
genial and mutually coufiding breasts
reigns a happy chaos. It is literally
lore broken loose, and in need of the
bridal. They look liquidly at each
other, and put their headsclosc together
to speak and to listen to each other’s
dainty breathings. Beside them coo
ing doves are mere hawks. It is a
positive crime to ho near •them to jar
with unsympathizing sigh of sound the
music of their being. Compared to it
the sweetest song of the locust is “out
of tune and harsh.” They are ready to
dissolve with tenderness, and one can
not resist the constant apprehension that/
at some moment of especial thaw, they
will melt away and disappear in cur
rents of affection, perhaps towards us.
I have often wished that I had, like;
them, the heart of a superior sort of
dove, that I might sigh away and be at
rest.
Blessed are they who can look little
cupids at each other— arrows and all—
and not be pained, but made happy by
the piercing. Blessed is the man who>
over a beef steak in the morning, can
look adoring eyes upon protesting lips,
which, when the beefsteak and the day
are both done, and darkucss veils all
dotiDg things, he may, in an easy and
unconscious corner, press with his owu.
Ye gentle and kindly powers that
can, if ye choose, mix love and liver,
careless and cantelope, sighs and sau*
sages, and make a baked potato radiant
can ye not, as Byron hath it, “accord
me such a being ?” As it is, I only sit
in the heat and burn outwardly. My
soul is vexed and my spirit disquieted
within me. I see the close proximity of
cheeks and eyes; I catch this inward aud
mysterious winking of heart to heart; I
bear the buzzing of a tender whisper;
and lam sad. Beside the aroma of
such a tropical scene, my coffee is in
sipid, my muffins cold, and I fbel an un
accountable impulse to proceed at ouco
to my landlady and declare to her that
hers is the most comfortless house I
ever met with. No wonder. What is
the hum drum of daily bodily food when
compared to the sublimated nourishment
of the affections ? What is eating beef
steak or eating anything, to being in
love 1 What is a muffin or ' rown bread
to a soul-shaking glance of tho eye !
What is salt to sighs, or butter to the
beatific vision of your “soul's idol” look
ing up into your face 1 What is any
thing, in fact, that keeps this mortal
clay together, wheu compared to the
rapturous consciousness that there is a
sweet, soft, melting image sitting beside
you, in an ecstatic agony to put her
arms around your neck and exclaim, in
the words of Mrs. Browning, “My own,
my love!”
I now think I linvo made my feelings
understood I advise all who sit at a
boarding-house table, when there is love
making at hand, to shut their eyes. It
puts you out of conceit with yourself,
and especially with your landlady, to bo
an observer of such things. To partici
pate in them is well enough but to be a
mere looker on makes one groan, down
to bis toes. Shut your eyes, therefore,
and save yourself the wear and tear of
which you know nothing, until you have
seen people kiss each other in the dark,
dine off the same thoughts, love-fancies
flying backwards, like a weaver's shuttle,
whisperings “gentle and low,” and melt
ings-away that threaten to drowu “the
bases of your life in tears.”
A KEE> I.OOK AHEAD.
While residing in Norway, Maine, 1
sat one day in the office of Gen. Virgin,
when two men entered upon a matter of
business. I would have deparited, but
the General bade me keep my seat.
The ucw comers were father and son,
from the adjoining towo of Oxford.
The son was a short, round-shouldered,
pug faced, shock-headed man, of about
fivc-and twenty. The father was de
crepit, spare, and bent ; quaking with
palsy; and evidently about worn out.
The business was soon unfolded The
old man was to give this, his youngest
son, a deed of the homestead ; and the
son, in turn, was to give a bond for the
maintenance of his parents—they were
both living—during their lifetime.
The warranty deed had been made
out and had been signed by
the mother, with a witness. The old
man now wrote his name upon the in
strument, the general guiding his palsied
hand, and I witnessed the signature.
NVhen the deed of conveyance had been
duly executed, the lawyer set about pre
paring the bond for the signature of
the sou. At this point the young man
addressed his sireas follows :
“Look here, father, —ha'nt yeou got
n lcetle money laid up ?”
“No,” replied the old man, his voice
trembling as did his limbs. “1 ha’nt
got none, —you haven’t let me have any
for a long time.”
“Then the old woman’s got some?”
“Ye-e-es, —she’s got a little, that she's
made by weavin’ and spinniu.”
“How much ?”
“Perhaps—thirty dollars.”
“And suggested the keen-scented
son, “iwould be jest like her to gn an’
give that money to Dolly, who ha’ut
got no claim, any way.”
I afterward learned that this Dolly
was the orphan child of an elder bro
ther.
“Look here, ’squire,” pursued the
thoughtful son, “can’t ye fix it some
way in that ere bond so’t when the old
folks die, their funeral expenses can he
paid out of that money ’at mother's got
laid vp ?”
Virgin looked upon the shock-headed,
pug-faced man, as only Wirt Virgin can
look, and readily replied :
“I can’t make a bond to run beyond
the grave. But don't be troubled, my
friend ; for, if fate is just, you’ll die be
tore they do!”
I have often thought if it be true that
there wa& ever a human soul so small
as to be able to dance a hornpipe within
the shell of a mustardseed, that thought
ful son from Oxford rau<t have been
i ts owner.
.—
Advice to persons in search of em
ployment—Westward boe !
———
May a man justly consider his wife
poetical when she is a verse to him ?
The Elder Booth, of whom the dailies
often speak, was not a eburoh officer.
When a man gets so low he will not
even borrow trouble, his case is despe
rate.
♦
Because a man looks a little pale, it
is no sign that he is going to kick the
bucket.
W EAKt ONES.
“Are you weary ?”
“Weary? Oh. I am so weary of lifo,
nnd fain would luy me down and gladly
welcome death.”
Yes, poor child ! I believe your ach
ing, wearied heart truly longs for the re
alization of those words your lips utter.
Your way through life has not been
along the mossy banks of the quiet
stream. Your feet have net trod the
flowery pathway, but rathor amid the
thorns and brumbies. Instead of inhal
ing the sweets, you linve been .bruised,
torn, lacerated, heart-crushed, and jost
led by unheeded.
T do uot blame you for longing for
death, deur soul, for you are but frail
humanity and I know you are weary;
but I would have you bear up cheerful
ly uuto the end.
Yes! I know you are so weary;
weary of hoping, weary of waiting;
weary of hoping for better times, weary
of waiting for a little love, a kind word,
a gladsome smile. I kuow how you have
longed for these, oh, so many long weary
years; for one little word of love, for
ouly one drop of sympathy. It would
have been so sweet, so dear, to your sad,
aching heart. Yes, I kuow all this, and
how you have toiled, uncomplainingly
toiled, all this time, all aloue, hoping
and trusting it would come at last.
Yes, dear sister, life has been to you
one long, bitter day, cloudy and stormy
throughout. For many years perchance
the sun has been darkened ; not one ray
of joy has beamed to gladden your heart
Yet I would not have you despair. Yo u
are battling alone in the world. The
loved ones have gone. Some are up
yonder in the better land; others you
know not where. But you do kuow —
you realize it more day after day,
month after month, and year after year
—that you are left all alone—friendless.
There is no one to love you, no one to
sympathize with you, no one who feels
pity or has any coucern whatevor for
you. There is uo earthly friend to
whom you can go iu times of trouble, of
sorrow, or of anguish and bitterness of
soul, for comfort or advice; oh, it is
hard, so hard"! I know it, dear sister.
You must be weary, very weary; but,
ob, do not despair ; for
“It is not all of life to live.”
You may be destitute of earthly
friends, but remember you have a Friend
above on whom you may safely lean,
who is far superior to any pertaiuing
to earth. Do not despair, then, although
thi rude, angry wavos ot life do roll
around and threaten to swallow you np,
bear up bravely and you will not sink.
Poor, weak, trembling Peter was not en
gulfed and lost, for “Peace, be still,”
did quiet the angry sea.
I know the burden of life is heavy,
fainting heart, but trust in Him He
has promised it shall not be greater
thau you can bear. He is touched by
your weariness; He has an eye of pity
upon you ; He sympathizes with yon;
and oh, dear sister, bow He loves you.
Then why despire? go to Him; unbur
den your soul to Him ; He will not turn
from you, but will gladly listen; and
although the world appears so cold and
harsh, aud instead of kindly looks aud
words of love you may receive frowns
and rudeness, only put your trust iu
Him; lean confidently on those precious
promises of your Frieud above, and He
will keep you safe from all harm.
Have you ever thought of this dur
ing your many heart stuggles ? or have
you found your life so dreary, so joyless,
so hopeless, so friendless, that perchance
you have thought that He too had for
saken you ? Then think so no longer,
for if you will cling to Him, He will
never forsake you. Think of this, dear,
suffering one. Oh, I want you to realize
that you have a Friend above.
Trust Him, then, aud see how much
lighter your burden will become. Trust
Him, and you will find a fount of love
springing up in your soul, which will
gladden your pathway and drive away
the gloom of despondent sadness from
yonr heart; and though your worldly
prospects may not be materially chang
ed, and the struggle to weather the
quicksands and shoals be as koen as
heretofore, still you may fiud “beauty
spots” along the highway, at which you
may stop, linger aud gaze upon, from
which you may enjoy and cull serene
bliss, and extract sweet oontentment.
J. K. Simonson.
SK trt P or dt *y- Agent* wanted I All
classes of working people, of
either sex, young or old, make more money at work
for ns In their spare moments, or all the time, thau
at anything else. Particulars freo. Address G.
Stinson it 00., Portland, Maine. nov—ly
Augusta Advertisements.
I'oliiliiiifr
f IMIE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SHARES
1 will positively take plaee on the I 111
f D(‘i < > llll)< > i < 111‘Xl. at Augusta, Oa.—
Two Thousand Prizes. No Postponement!
— ■
Real Estate Shares:
1. Hef/.rllii, with Residence, Store, etc.,and
four hundred acres of land, immediately on the
Georgia Railroad, twenty miles from Augu.il a.
it. The Mi lltttde Plantation, in Russell
county, Ala., on tin; Chuttuhoncbco river, with
elegant and commodious improvements
A large It rich Residence ami Htor,
on the northwest cornor of Broad and Centre
streets, Augusta, On., known as the Phinity or
Ilnudry house.
•t. The Rogers’ House, It new and elegant
brick residence, in a most desirable pertion of
Greene street.
A. Plat Rush, with 120 acres of land, half
a milo from city limits; the elegant suburban
residence of Antoine Poullain, Esq., in good
order
(>. The Hearing House, a large and com
modious residence, with thirty city lots, 09x210
feet, fronting on McKinnie and Carnes streets.
7. Stanton Residence and Orchard, on
the Georgia Railroad.
COTTON SHARES:
Ono of 100 BALES OF COTTON,
Ono of 50 “
Ono of 25 11 "
240 shares of one halo each.
(The bales to average 400 lbs. and to class Li- -
erpool Middling)
SHARES IN CURRENCY:
1 share of $16.000 sl6 000
1 “ 15,000 15'000
“ 10,000 10,000
1 “ 5.000 5.000
2 “ 2,500 5,000
10 “ 2,000 20,000
10 “ 1 000 10 000
20 “ 5 Oil 10,000
100 “ 100 10.000
200 “ 50 10,000
400 “ 25 10,000
1000 “ 10 10000
Total amount of Sham in Currency, $131,000
Should all the Tickets not he sold, the
amount received will he distributed pro; or
tionately between the Monument, the prizes,
and the necessary expenses. The price, in
currency, will he substituted for any Real
Estate Prize withdrawn on account of injury
to property, or for other cause.
Agents West of the Mississippi stop their
sales on the 15th November; East of that
river on the 20th November.
rr TERMS : Whole Tickets, $5.00 ;
Four-Fifths, $4; Three-Fifths, $3; Two-
Fit'ths, $2; One-Fifth, $2.
All may now contribute to this work of
honor, gratitude, and beneficei ce.
COMMISSIO.VFRS-Oon*. L McLnw., A U
\\ rights M A Stovall, W M Qarduer, Uinmlo Bryan.
Cols. G Attend, Win P Crawford, Majors Joseph It
Gumming, Geo T Jackson, Joseph' Ganabl. I I*
Girardev, lion It II May, Adam Johnston, Jona
than M Miller. W 11. Goodrich, J D Butt, Henry
Moore, Dr W E Deart ng.
W Order* promptly attended to. Tn all places
where there are Agents, tickets can l>e obtained of
them.
Subscribe at once. Delay not until the last mo
ment. An early exhibition of gederous ami patri
otic contribution encourages others to come ut>
quickly to this grateful work.
L & A. H. McLAWS,
General Agents, Augusta, Ga.
~MRS. CLARK’S
Millinery and Fancy Roods Store,
231 BRi.tß STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
Ciikapest Hats axd Bonnets in tiik City,
f'/Vf: STOCK OF
EMBROIDERIES, LACES, &t.,
Ribbons in Great Variety. .New Goods Rereivtd Semi-
Weekly. Flowers in Every Style.
Small Profits ami quirk Sales !
HAVE ENLARGED THE STORE
To accommodate the huge and increasing
trade. Goods warranted as represented.
Best assorted Stock in Augusta.
fancy :d;r.~sr goods
IN VARIETY.
ZEPHYR , CANVA S, HAIR GOODS , ETC.
ALSO AGENCY FOB
Mme. Demorest’s Reliable Patterns.
T. MARK WALTER’S
Marble Works,
BROAD street,
(Near Lower Market),
JE3ii AUGUSTA. C3--A_-
Monuments, Toorabstones, Etc.,
kept on hand, designed, and furnished to order
All w >rk for the Conntry carefully boxed an
shipped oc22—ly
'pilE T* nth Volume of Wood’s Household
X Magazine begins with January 1872.
It is edi ed by Gail Hamilton, S. S. Wood,
and 11. V. Orborne, and includes among its
regular contributors Horace Greeley, Gail
Hamilton, Thos. K. Beecher. Dr. Dio Lewis,
Dr. W. W. Hall, James Partou, etc. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Brick Ponrery, J< hn G.
Saxe, Maj. Gen. Kilpatrick, Petroleum V.
Nasby, etc. write foi it occasionally. Terms,
One Dollar a year. In clubbing tlipre first
class periodicals are given for the orice of
one of them. The most liberal Premium
List ever published. No periodical is more
frequently or favorably mentioned by the
Press. ‘Wood's Household Magazine is one
of the business enterprise which mark the
age. —Methodist Home /oMrnrtf.Philadelphia
‘lt has been improving ever since we knew
it—a goodcritei ion for the future.’— Courier,
New Market, Canada. ‘lt is a marvel of
cheapness and first-clas qurliti combined.’-
Hew York Times. Specimen copies sent
free to any address.
S. S. WOOD 4 CO.,
. Newburgh, N. Y.
New Cheap Goods!
COOK ALONG,
ALL THAT WANT
NEW STYLE GOODS!
I take Greenbacks aid Produce in ex
change for Goods.
Mbs. E. PERKINS,
At the Lawtonville Cheap Variety Store,
my4-l Lawtonville, Ga.
advertise in
“THE JGXPOSITOK.”
Augusta Advertisements.
MOTXOJQI ~
’ TTJ {0 y
r IMIANKFUL for the liberal patronage bestowed upon mo by my Burke friends, I take ffTtit
1 pleasure in announcing to them that 1 have enlarged my storo, which will enable me u>
keep a STILL LARGER AN’D better stock op
DRY GOODS,' BOOTS, SHOES, ETC.
I
Than Heretofore!
•
Which I will continue to sell at astonishingly low prices
and, in spite of all opposition, will endeavor to
M iKE THUS THE
Being Convenienty Situated near the Lower Market,
No. 130 Broad Sjteoot, ugusta, Q-a.
VW None of my Burke friends should fail to ive me a call, as my goods will be
cheerfully shown, and comparison in pricea and <jentity is respectfully invitee
PRIUEBARE MARKED IN PLAIN FIOURKS.
TO WHOLESALE BUYERS A LIVING DISCOUNT ALLOWED.
OKIDEKI CAK.EFXJI-.ILY EXECUTED
B. B.—A large stock of NEW FALL GOODS l ws
just come to hand.
C. iT. T. BALK,
136 Broad Street, Near the Lower Market, Augusta, Ga
PLUMB & LEITNER,
DRUGGISTS,
212 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia.
TN ADDITION TO TIIEIR LARGE STOCK OF
OILS, PAINTS, BYES,
PURE MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,
BrtTJSIIES, rKR.]PtTME!RY
FISH-HOOKS and LINES.
Have now on hand, and will continue to keep a larrje and well Bas.ortcd stock of
both NATIVE and IMPORTED
r\kI QRRMIWv. With an experience of the last Fourteen
rwri --Years, we have no hesitation in room
vfFl A mending these justly celebrated Garden
Nl p'prtv Seeds as fully equal, if not superior, to any
to be bad in the United States.
Our nnnngemcnts arc such that we can
. Mipph Country dealers on more
otia terms than they can buy of otlur
PLUMB&LEITNER7gXTSTA. OKOROIA.
jan2o-Iy
CHARLES G, GOODRICH,
MANUFACTURED OF AND DEALER IN
Fine Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars, Whips,
Robes, Blankets, Brushes, Combs, Fly Nets,
TRUNKS, VALISES,
271 BROAD STREET , AUGUSTA , GEORGIA. 271
Always on hand the celebrated Vacuum Oil Blacking, for Harness,
Boots, Shoes, Buggy Tops, etc.
Repairing promptly attended to. jv2o-4tn
Miscellan’s Advertisem nts.
Notice to Planters.
rpilE undersigned would respectfully
X inform the Planters, and others, ol
Burke county, that he is now prepared to
execute in the neatest manner all jobs in
in his line witli which he may he favored.
Plows pointed and made, and stocks
manufactured to order. Carriages, Bug
gies, and Wagons repaired.
All kinds of wood and iron work exe
cuted in a workmanlike manner ad at
reasonable rates.
H. S. BEAL,
janl3 Shop in rear of Court-house.
ADVERTISE IN
"THE EXPOSITOR.’
James H. Hulse’s
. STB:AM DYEING
AND
SCOURING ESTABLISHMENT
123 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.,
NEAR Lower Market, Bridge Bank
Building, for the dyeing and clean
ing of Dresses, Shawls, Cloaks, Ribbons,
etc. Gentlemen’s Coats, Vests and Pants
cleaned and dyed in the best manner. -
Piece Dry Goods of Cloths, Merinos, De
laine, Alpaca, Rep Goods and Jeans dyed
and finished equal to those don© in New
York. Orders by Express promptly at
tended to. jan2o-3m
JOB~ PRINTING
NEATLY EXECUTED
AT
THIS OfQoo.
Miscellaneous Advertisem’ts
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jure for the Hog Cholera.
DAVID E. FOFTZ, Proprietor,
BALTIMORE. Md.
For sale by Dsugglsts and Storekenpcrs throughout
the United States, Canadas and South America.
For sale in IVaynesboro’ by
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