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O* A. Miller, Edit©*v
r//o M. I sfox, aEOROIA.
Saturday Morning, April’ 2711i, 1861.
TIIE crisis!
The good people of all civilised countries
htfve, in all ages feared revolutions for they
have seldom, it over been bloodless ; and
especially those which have Ikeri inaugu
rated for principle In such cases the sol
diers are fighting for something more than
mere mercenary motives ; and the people,
the actual source of all power are no less
alive to the questions involved in them ; in
fact every man is, in his own estimation a
patriot and willing to become a soldier to
aid iu fighting lho battles of his country.
Th£ history of the world records many
great and bloody revolutions. Greece and
Konkin ancient days have often been de
luged In the blood of their people that flow
ed from involutions. In England the head
of KiDg C harle* was the sacrifice demand-
what Englishmen are pleased to style
• rebellion but which in point of fact was
no more nor less than a revolution. France
in the latter part of the eighteenth century
was drunk with the blood of her citizens
that ffowwd from the Guillotine erected by
a revolution known as the Reign of Terror
and which ended only in a military despo
tism..- About the middle of the same cen
tury occurred the great American Revolu
tion. “Its history and the pi Rations and
s ifferings which it caused are doubtless fa
miliar to most Americans.
But these have all passed- away and it is
not-necessary to enumerate the causes which
le Tto them. For the last fifty years the
world has pot with the exceptions of a few
short periods been cursed with war and its
inseparable'attendants* suffering and dis
tress. We had indulged the fond hope that
here on the republican shores of the New
World and amid all the enlightenment-, hu
manity and rapid advancements of the
nineteenth century we would be free from
thiaD scourge of mankind. But it seems
that we have been sadly mistaken. The
boasted and envied Republic of this hemis
phere lias been recklessly loosed from its
moorings and both sections of the country
are rapidly, drifting into a civil war. The
very foundations of society and of govern
ment are trembling from the dreadful con
vulsions of the old Union. \\ eof the
South are guiltless of the wicked d'-ed ; we
hawd he proud*consciousness of feeling that
we had no pnrt in it. Northern fanatics
and abolitionists have commenced the per
formance of the first act in the tragedy
v.-hieh is now being enacted on the theatre
of the world. For forty years they ha-ve
waged an unrelenting war upon onr rights
and institutions.- They have subsidized a
free^Press and prostituted the sacred Desk
to subserve their wicked designs. Again
and-again we have held out the olive branch
of peace to them and asked them for the
sake of justice, of humanity and in the
name of a common and illustrious a uses try
to accept it. But all to no purpose ; they
have contemptuously spurned k and* been
deaf to all oUf appeals. Finally as a last
andtfaitful resort we determined that as we
could not live with them in peace we would
separate from-them. It was our earnest de
sire to make that separation in peace \we
wanted nothing but what of right was oars ;
nay we were williug to leave much that we
put jnto the common fund as a peace of
fering ; but notwithstanding all our efforts
they will neither consent for us to live
with, of separate from them in peace. They
have resolved that blood-shall tlow by bro
ther# hands. We regret that such has been
their- decision ; but at the same time we
fear not to meet them on the bloody field
of battle. Right, truth and justice are oh
our side and the result though in the fu
ture cannot be doubtful. V* e will find sol
diers to figbt for our lights ; the God of
battles will rake them up tor us in the hour
of nged. Let not the friends of liberty des
pair * our soldiers are animated- by every
noble and patriotic impulse ; they fight for
homes, firesides and all that man holds
dear to his heart. The bright spirit of Free
dom ihas flown to them for protection and
ih*y/nave sworn to support it to the “fir
ing ctf the lust gun and the falling of the
last man.'* A-ad besides ?.!* this they stand
on tifeir native soil and never will they con
sent Jctr tbeir hired foes to possess it ; while
they .are willing that they should find t heir
grave* beneath its sodse 7 they will never per
mit therm to- march overit to desecrate their
homes arid.firesides. They fight for their
country and its rights :
w ßj[ that dread name, they wave the sWord oa
high I- • .
Aud * wear for her to live—with her to die !*’
While we are thus hopeful of onr final
8OCCO0&, we should also remember that a
rtwccuce for our own laws, with wisdom,
justice and moderation to guide tis in all
! our actiofiff will fnnferitflly lessen the dag
gers which Surround US afnd pave the way ,
for a speedy atid we trnst an enduring
peace. It is because the Northern people
have refused to be governed by the laws of
the land, that We have dissolved out con
nection with* them ; let us not then imi
tate their folly. We know that in revolu
tions people are generally restless and have
very little regard for law or order. It was
this spirit- of anarchy that so long desola
ted France and gave life to the Reign of
Terror. But with the intelligence that has
heretofore characterized* the people of the
South ; their ready obedience to law and ;
their love for order we arc confident that j
no countenance or support will be given to
lawlessness and raobocracy. And while it
is true that all cannot go to fight, yet those
who remain behind 1 rhafy be equally useful
in their peaceful sphere. iLet them at all
times be ready to give their suppoit to the
officOYs of just ice j and let those officers be
vigilant and tireless in all their duties.—
Then when peace once again smiles upon
our laird, #e will be prepared to offer to j
the war-worn and wearied soldier the pro
tection of a free government, the comforts !
of a good home and the smiles and bless- j
ings of friends and relatives who may not
inappropriately say to him,
“Eternalblessings crovrn uiy war-worn friend
And round his dwelliugguardian saints attend.”
THE MEETING LAST SATURDAY.
The appeal in our last issue, was re
sponded to most nobly by the citizens of
old Upson. The Court-house was crowd
ed, and as was said on Sunday last from
one*of our pulpits, a divine whose modesty
and humility is only equaled by bis piety j
and intelligence, the sentiments uttered and
the action had, would have reflected honor
on the patriotism, valor, charity and liber
ality of any body of men ever assembled. —
We feel now proud that we are a citizen
of Upson and the State of Georgia. We
were slow 7 to think that a nation cofild or j
should be born or destroyed in a day—we
had been taught from infancy (and our
maturer age bad but deepened the convic
tion) that thousands of years of wisdom,
of treasure, of suffering and experience,
scarce served to form a State and an hour
of folly and madness could lay it in the
dust. The deed, however is done—civil
waF is upon n3—-onr homes and firesides
are invaded, and we are now prepared to
give our little all—our brain and arm, our
domestic peace, and swear our only son,
like the son of Ilamilcar, upon the altar of
his country, never never to desert her, but
to strike when he is able till the fast armed
foe expires, for God and the liberation of
bis native hifrd. Away yomhr itt the “Old
North State” lie the bones of our ancestors
whose blood was shed in the first and sec-*
ond struggles against british invasion.—
History and tradition both attest their un
shaken wisdom in council and their irttre- ‘
pidity in the field of battle. We shall
never prove a recreant to their lives, their
privations, their memory and their honor,
and God grant that no lineal heir of ours
will ever apostate from their hatred of op
pression and their affection for truth and
right. We hope the excited state of the
times will be a sufficient excuse for this
personal digression. If we have been tm*r
ried beyond the bounds of modesty, -Who
with one generous spark of patriotism in
his bosom would not pardon something to
the living as well as to the memory of the
loved and dead ?
It will be seen from the official proceed
ings which we publish, that sl4 20, was |
immediately subscribed to aid the families
of those who may be called into active ser
vice. We understand that for the same j
purpose that the county at least will give i
three or four thousand dollars. Again, i
well done Upson. Our regular military j
companies are now with full ranks and
squadrons ready for field. District after :
district is organizing Horae Guards. The!
game is Up, and our young and old meu I
scent the field of battle afar and near.
We cut short, this article bv a sudden I
-i
call to see two of our young respected I
brothers-in-law before they leave for the
war. They go to-day from Columbus.—
We have now these two noble youths arid
three dear nephews in the ranks of the !
Southern Army. These are all the near j
relations we have in Georgia who are able
to bear arms ; but we can promise double
the number from the “Old North State/*
whenever she commands tbeir services and
obedience. We know that our good old
mother will in time be true to her rights,
her interests, and above all, her revolu
tionary honor and renown. In the broken
language of one of the Prussian he r oes—
Hr udders, forwards march!” and we
will meet you shoulder to shoulder.
Washington, April J 9 President
has issued a proclamation stating that
there is an insurrection against the Gov
ernment in several States, that the law's
for the collection of uniform revenue cam
no. be executed, that pretended letters of
marque having been set on foot a blockade
therefore, of a competent foree shall be
posted to prevent the entrance or exit of
vessels from Seceded Ports.
It is stated that three Car leads of Cotton was des
troyed by fire near Mb Bean station, on the Savannah
& Augusta Kaii Road, on Monday last.
HOME GUARD.
At the large and patriotic meeting held
here on Saturday last, among many other
good thingsdoneand spoken, a HomeGuard
was partly organized. This Company can
no way interfere with the regular Military
of the county for it will be composed of
young meu and old men legally too young
or too old for active service abroad, but
whose Vigilance, promptness and bravery
may become essential to protect our homes
and firesides from the machinations of spies
and the torch of the incendiary. It will
quiet the fears of the timid, give confidence
to the brave and in case of necessity act as
a shield of defence and a sword of offence
in behalf of the weak against the strong of
the innocent and the helpless against the
corrupt and violent man who is ever swift
to shed human blood.
We have ever deprecated a resort to pro
tection to life, liberty, property and per
sonal security to any other tribunal than
the regularly constituted laws of the land
as administered by our properly authorized
Courts of Justice ; but extraordinary eVils
require extraordinary remedies. If in times
of peace, the price of security against dan
ger requires constant and eternal vigilance,
this danger is increased ten fuld amid the
confusions, anxieties and uncertainties’ of
civil war. Then the baser passions and
appetites of man, cut loose from the re
straints of law, reason and religion run ri
ot —the Divinity within his boson, is turn
ed into a demon, and as was demonstrated
in France during the Reign of Terror, the
being whose intellect is” Godlike, whose
hopes are sumlime and eternal and who was
created but “little lower than the angels”
becomes a hog in instinct and a tiger ?n‘
tnirst for blood and cruelty.
Since tiie above was written the follow
ing proceedings of a meeting of the Unibn
Hill district have been handed in for pub
lication. We endorse the resolution and
request and earnestly hope that each dis
trict in the county will form nsimilar com
pany. Each, when f< rme 1, w. uld* l>e an
important auxiliary to the different sections
and when united, would quiet the appre
hensions and restore confidence and secur
ity in our midst.
At a meeting of the citizens of Union
Hill district, Upson county Ga., April 23,
1861, William G. Andrews, Esq., was ap
pointed Chairman and F. F. Mathews re
quested to act as Secretary.
The object of the rnee-ing being stated,
On motion of A. J. White ihe chair was
requested to appoint a committee of three
to suggest business for the meeting.
The chair appointed A. J. White, A. G.
Fatnbroaud Alvis Stafford.
Tim committee retired attd after a few
moments consulfat (on reported as follows :
Onr com uittee having considered the
disorganizing influence of war produces up
on society \ deem it a necessary precaution,
that a Home Guard be formed in this dis
trict to he composed of that portion of the
citizens who will remain at home, while the
young men are in active service in the field.
Whose duty shall be to keep a constant
and vigilant supervision ovei the conduct
of the domesticks of each family, and to
notice carefully tire conduct of all strangers
coming in onr midst, and that officers be
chosen by this meeting to command said
company, &c. We recommend
Jesse Stephens as Captairt,
Alvis Stafford “ Ist Lieut,
f. F. Mathews “ 2d “
T. N. Willis • 3d “
G. 11. Perdue “ Ord’lv Serg’t.
And that the officers be requested to re
port regulations to be observed by each
member of the company at a meeting to be
called by the Captain, which was adopted.
Moved by A. G Fambro that each dis
trict in the county be lequested to form
similar companies.
On motion it was requested that each
member of the HomeGuard report through
the captain of the company, to the finance
committee of the county or the committee
man of this district the wants of such fam
ilies of Volunteers in the service of our
county, requiring assistance.
Moved that the proceedings of this mee
ting be furnished the Upson Pilot with the
request that they be published
On motion tire meeting adjourned.
W. G. ANDREWS, Chairman.
F. F. Mathews, Nect’y.
The Rock, April 23, 1861.
For the Upson Pilot.
HOPE.
Hope ! Ah what is Hope ? ’Tis a glo
rious Day-star, lighting up the darkest
moments of life and living in the fruition
of its Imppiest. Its gulden light has flash
ed joy along the aisles of the Past, and
lighted up the dark halls of tire mighty Fu
ture.
As we stand on the threshold of life,
surrounded by all the follies and tempta
tions that beset unsuspecting-youth, Hope,
like some better angel, beckons us on to
the attainment of something high and no
ble. And although we may, as is often- the
case in our eailier years, be lead away by
the deceitful smiles and siren tongue of
vitet, yet Hope, as a shining beaeon, throws
a halo of light around and over us, infns
ing joy in the wounded, sorrowing heart,
and comforting us along the meandering
paths of life,until they terminate in the dark
silent grave. And even 1 here it does Dot
forsake its, for its st ill small voice whispers
fn our ears, and bids us hope tor a glori
ous immortality beyond the gloom that
lowers o’er the valley of Death.
When our first parent Adam, was driv*
en from Eden, Hope was given to cheer
him in his lonely bouts of exile and shame.
When man was friendless and forsaken, an
outcast and wanderer in the ‘ wide wide
world” with none to love or pity :
“When Peace aud Mercy banished from the
plain,
Sprung on the viewless winds to Heaven again ;
All, all forsook the friendless guilty mind,” —
Then,
* * * “Hope, the charmer, lingered still be
hind”
Yes, it was given not for Adam alone,
but as an inheritance for posterity, Gen
eia’ion has succeeded generation, but still
it remains with us undiminished and un
i npaired. Nor is it confined to any con
ditions of society, creed or clin.e. You
find it in the hovels of poverty as well as
in the j a’aces of w a’th and luxury It
burns in the breast of the untutored Red
man as well as in that of the refined and
cultivated Anglo Saxon.
Sometimes we wander amid the silent
dwellings in the church yard, and read on
the monumental stones the names of those
who are resting beneath them in calm re
pose. P* reliance the eje will rest on one
that is more dear to it than others, and as
we trace the line perhaps a silent tear will
steal along the cheek, and water the green
sods that hide from our view the loved
form of a parent, brother, sister Os friend.
A moment more and we mourn not ; rest
on gentle sleeper ; your memory still lin
gers around the altar of our heart, and
sweet Hope gently whispers us, that we
shall meet Von in bet ter and happier climes,
where parting will he no more, and sin and
sorrow can never come. Neither is the un
lettered savage destitute of this great com
fort of man. He mourns not for his broth
er when he falls in battle ; for he believes
that he has gone to hunting grounds, in
\Vhich th’erC Will be aif ever-abundant sup
ply of game ; to a land where no unjust
Indian or enemy can everco’nVe J and while
he clYafi'ts’ tn’e Wild notes of his death-song,
his hope tells him that the separation’ Will
not be long, and that he will soon meet
him again in the happy hunting grounds':
Hope! It is one of the thne cardinal
virtues ; it is part of our nature and infu
ses vigor into all our actions ; life into all
our anticipations and finally crowns them
wish success. In past ages, it lias beefy
the cort'stant companion of the pilgrim,
and cooled the flames which surrounded
the funeral stake ot the martyr, and stood
bv him to lift his soul into the chariot of
Eternity, it stands by the death bed of
the Christian, anti while friends and rela
tives may stand around weeping, it lights
up his face with a heavenly smile and con
ducts him in safety to the portals of the
mansions of the blest. Yes Hope, sweet
Hope, thou hast ever been the friend of
fallen, wayward man ; as such tfiort hast
ever existed and Will contmue to exist
thou will live to smile over the ruins of
time, and shed tht genial rays of joy thro'’
long, vast etefnity !
“Eternal HOPE ! when yonder sphere sublime.
Pealed their first note to sound the march of
Time,
Thy joyotfs youth began—but not to fade—
TV hen ail the sister planets have decayed ;
When wrapt in fire the realms of ether glow,
Aud Heaven’s last thunder shaki s the world be
- ;
Thou, undismayed slialt o’er the ruins smile,.
And light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile.”
ANTIIKOPOS.
Foi the Upson Pitot.
LARGE MEETING IN UPSON
COUNTY.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting of
the citizens of Upson County, at Thoroas
ton on Saturday the 20th inst, for the pur
pose of filling out the ranks of the Upson
Guards, and raising other Volunteer Com
panies,
Thus S. Sharman was called to the
Chair.
Col. Smith explained the object of the
meeting in a short but spirited address.
On motion of Col. Horsley, a committee
was appointed to draft resolutions for the
action of the meeting.
A. J. White, J. W. Green, and W. A.
Cobb, were appointed by the Chair.
While the coimnitte were out the meet
ing was addressed by Messrs. Weaver,
Russ, Miller and others.
The committee reported the following
resolutions, which were tmanitrronsly
adopted ;
Whereas, A call has been made by
the Confederate Government upon her loy
al people for Volunteers-, to defend their
rights agaiust the attacks of her ene
mies,
Be it therefore , Resolved, 1. That we
urge our citizens to volunteer and aid
the Upson Guards to fill up their uumbeis,
and to torin as speedily as possible other
Companies, in addition to the Upson
Guards and Upson Dragoons, to be ready
at the call of the Governor of the £tate, io
march to- the defense of our common coun
try.
2. That we pledge ourselves to support
the families of such of fellow citizens as
may volunteer, and leave their families re
quiring assistance.
3. Resolved , That this meeting be re
quested at once to raise the necessary
means to equip such volunteer compaulc?
as may be formed in the countv with all
necessaries for their outfit, beyond what
the State farnibhes.
•On motion of A. J. White, a resolution
was passed authorizing the chair to ap
point a committee iu each District to col
lect funds to be appropriated to the equip
ping aud supporting the families of volun
teers in the county. Two of the commit
tee io town to receive the money collected
and pay it out for such purposes.
The Chair appointed the following com
mittee :
Town District. —W. D. Woodson.
T. A. D. Weaver, Com. to receive the
J. C. Drake, j money collected.
Flint District. —D. W. Womble.
Union Hill. —A. J. White.
Black Ankle. —Jno. W. Atwater.
Hootensville. —Davis Dawson.
Jug. —J. M. Barron.
Rf.d Bone. —lV W. Jackson.
Fourteen hundred and twenty dollars
were subscribed at once.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
Thos. S. Sharman, Chair.
T. 0. Heard, Secretary.
Position of John BMI and other CTniou
Men of Tennessee.
We find in the Nashville Patriot of the
19th inst. a political circular addressed to
“the pooj)le of Tennessee,” ond signed by
Hons. Neill S. Brown, John Bell, Andrew
Ewing, Bailie Peyton, and other leaders
of the Union party of that >State. It
recommends a speedy conference of the
slaveholding States that have not yet sece
ded, “for the purpose of devising plans for
the preservation of the pence of the land.”
We copy from the circular to show the
means by which they hope to preserve
peace; it is the policy of “neutrality” to
which we have heretofore alluded and
which, we repeat, in our opinion, will sig
nally fail to keep the States that may ad
opt it out of the fight—they must take
sides :— Col. Enquirer.
“Tennessee is called upon by the Presi
dent to furnish two regiments, and the
State has through her Executive, refused
to comply with the call. This refusal of
our State, we fully approve. We com
mend the wisdom, the justice, and the lm
mau yof the r fusaf. We unqfr difiedh’
disapprove of secession both atf a constitu
tional right, and as a remedy for existing
evils; we equally condemn tho policy of
the Administration in reference to the se
en! and States. But white’ we without
qualification, condemn the policy of coer
cion as calculated to dissolve the Union
forever and to dissolve it in the blood ot
our fellow citizens, and regard it m suffi
cient to justify the Slate in’ refusing her
aid to tht* Government iu its attempt to
suppress the Revolution in the seceded
•States, we do not think it her duty, con
sidering her position in the Union, and
in view of the great question ot the peace
of oni distracted country, to take aides
against- the Government. Tennosses’ has
wronged no State or citizen ot tb;s UtdcT/
She has violated the rights of no State
North or South. She lias been loyal to
all where loyalty was due. She has not i
brought on this war by any act of hers. ‘
Sire has tlied every means in her power!
to'prevent it. Shy. now stands ready fo';
do anything within her reach to stop it.
And she ought as we think, to decline join
infi either party. For in so doing she
#ould at ofree terminate her grand mission
of peace-maker between the States of the
South and the General Government.—
Nay more; the almost inevitable result
would be, the transfer of the war within
her own borders—tlie defeat of all hopes
of reconciliation and the deluging the State
with the blood of her own people.
The present duty of Tennessee, is to
maintain a position of independence—tak
ing sides with the Union and the peace of
the country against all assailants, whether
from the North or South. Her position
should be to maintain the sanctity of her
soil from the hostile tread of any
party.
We do not pretend to foretell the future
of Tennessee in connection with the other
States or in reference to the Federal Gov
ernment. We do not pretend to he able
to tel) the future purposes of the President
and cabinet in reference to the impending
war. But should a purpose be developed
by the Government of over-running and
subjugating our brethren of the seceded
States, we say unequivocally, that it will
lie the duty of the State to resist at all
hazards, at any cost, and by arms , any
such purpose or attempt. And to meet
any and all emergencies, she ought to be
fully armed , and we would respectfully
call upon the authorities of the State to
proceed at ouce to the accomplishment of
this object.” /
Eccentricities. —Voltaire was fond of
magnificent attire, and usually dressed in
an absurd manner. Diderot once traveled
from St. Petersburg to Paris in his morn
ing-gown ami night-cap, and in this guise
promenaded the streets and public places
of the towns on his route. He was often
taken for a madman While composing
his works he used to walk about at a rapid
pace, making huge strides, and sometimes
throwing his wig in the air when he struck
out a happy idea. One day, a friend
found him in tears. “Good heavens,”
he exclaimed, “what is the matter ?”
“lam weeping,” answered Diderot, “at a
storv that l have just composed !”
YVords worth was deemed a madman by
some of the villagers, by others a criminal
in the disguise of an idler. They affirmed
that he had been often seen to wander
about at night and “look rather strangely
at the moon,” and that sometimes “he
would roam over the hills like a partridge.”
Gray was*a polite monk—the most learn
ed man of his day. His elegy is the most
melodious poem in the language. He was
a man of extreme taciturnity. It is said
he sometimes was known to pass a whole j
day in company without uttering a word.
A PRIVATE ROOM.
The following good ’un is by a & o nt!U,
contributor: ‘ lcri *
One particularly dark, damp, dull, dri ,
zlv and disagreeable day in the latter J ,’
of November, a tall, gaunt, queei look?,
customer, dressed in a blue coat with 8
buttons, with yellow striped pantal„ 0 “!’
and calt-skin terminations, sat solitary a
alone in a little room, situated in a cert •
little restaurant in this city. ain
Before him was a little* round tabic
whose marble top was “not a little” n j t l Q
erof smoking punch, “screetching ho?
and a wine glass. The solitary individnll
was lork—Nothing else— and that
his second empty. One minute after
you couldn’t—fact, you see— havesqueezoS
a drop out of either pitcher or glass bv a
hvdraulic press. * **
toiSrs'.b.di 11 ”
“Bing, sa ?”
“No. sa—-damp, sa-fog s0 thick von
could ladle it- out with a spoon sa if
anything, sa ?” J ave
“More punch, ami strong.”
“Yes, sa—immediately.”
The waiter withdrew, and in a few Sec
onds returned with the third pitcher of
punch, and Y ork was beginning to U.l
glorious, when, on raising his eyes l, e saw
h.s own figure in a pier-glass opposite
rubbed his eyes again.
“13y thuDde. I” id he. “here’, ,„ me
fellow sitting right before me. pfl 8W
there’s impudence for you. Tin’s is
private room, sir, for my sole accominoda
tion.”
He waited a minute, expecting an an
swer, but his reflection only stared at him
and held its peace. ’
“I was saying, sir, that this is mv pri
vate room—mine, sir !” cried York,
ing his voice an octave higher than it w a
j before.
No answer, and he rang furiously. The
waiter made his appearance a< r aiu
“King, sa ?” ° ‘
“Ves, I did ring. DiJu't 1 , B k fora
private room ?”
“Yes, sa ; this is a private room.”
“It is? \\ hv, there’s a fellow sitting
right opposite lue now, on the other side
ot the table. Rot his impudence.”
“Table sa—fellow, sa ?”
“Yes, there is. Well just nevermind.
Bring in some punch and a couple of glas
ses.”
fn a very short time the fourth pitcher
with two glasst-K, made their appearance.
ork filled one of the glass* s, and iht-u
shoved it over to the other side of the ta
ble.
\\ ill yotf drink ? said he, addressing
the figure in ♦lie glass.
“Oh you won’t, eh ? Well, I—J will. ’
And so he did.
Betti r di ink, old f.-llow,’ continu'd
Yolk “your liquor is getting cold, and
you look as it you was fond *t the thiiur”
No answer being returned, York rang
the bell again.
Iti popped the waiter.
“Ring, sa ?”
“To bo sure, [ did. Didn’t v* u bar
the b-b-uell ?”
“J did, sa.”
“Dtdir’t F order a p-p-t rival*, room?
Eh
‘’Yes. w :• this 1• a private rootn. sa “
“A pretty* private room tins, withal. 1-
low sitting right opposim, that won't tt.l.r
a glass ot punch with no* when it’s * fiend
—and a red-nosed manat that. Oh, well.
never mind } bring more tumblers ai.fi
more punch. I’ll try him again ”
Hitcher number tiv> was accordingly
brought in, with- due state.
“B-better try some, old by,” siid he,
coaxingly, to his double.
Ihe reflex merely looked good natured,
but said nothing.
“Well,” continued York, with a sigh,,
“if this isn't, most infamous! Nivr
mind, I’ll drink the punch.”
And so lie did, every bit of it. About
five minutes sufficed to end the pitcher.—
York rang the bell superfluously.
Waiter came.
“Ring, 6a ?”
“Certainly. Why shouldn’t I ? Where's
the man who k-keeps the place ?”
“Boss, st P I’ll see him, sa.”
Shortly after, the host, a qirret tittle
man, with a mottled, calico pattern face,
and a shining bald head, made his appear
ance.
“W-hat’s to pay,” demanded York, ris
ing and assuming an arr of dignity.
“Five punches—five levies, sir.”
“There’s the money, sir,” said York,
forking over tire coin. “And now 1 want
to know w hy, w hen I c-c-call for a private
room, you put me in here with somebody
else ?”
“There’s nobody here but you and I.”
“Nobody! Do you think I can’t sw ?
, D'ye think I’m drunk ? There, look there!
Two of ’em, by jingo.”
“Well, sir, 1 must confess, I can’t see
| but us two.”
I “You can’t, eh ?” And York dragged
the landlord to the table. “Look there,
. then ; there’s the rascals still now. One
: of ’em is enough like you to be your broth
i e*- —and th-the other is the most God-for
saken, mean-looking white man that I over
saw P
A clergyman in Scotland desired his
hearers never to call one another liars,’ hut
when any one said a thing that was not
true, they ought to whistle. One Stinda)
he preached a sermon on the parable of the
loaves and fishes ; and, being at a loss how
toexplaro it, he said the loaves were not
like those now-a-days, they were as big
the hills in Scotland ! He had scarce \
pronounced the words when he heard ft °n
whistle. “What’s that,” said he, ”' v 0
culls me a liar ?” “It is I, Willy McLon
ald, the baker.” “Wed, Willy, what ob
jection ha ye to wlmt 1 told ye ?” “None,
Master Jolid ; only I wanted to know wna
sort of oven they had to bake thoso load's
in ?”
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