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.IOS. r I’ILLMAN, Prop'r,
II M. JIpTXTOSH, )
Editors.
J( S TIM.MAN. )
THURSDAY. MAY ‘25, 1876.
Bullock.
Among the distinguished arrivals
in Atlanta Inst week wns the veritable
Rufus B. Bullock, Georgia's fugitive
ex-Govcrnor, for whom Gov. Smith at
last made requisition upon the Gov
ernor of Now York. The requisition
was based upon the indictment found
in Fulton Superior Court in 1872,
charging Bullock with cheating and
swindling in tho matter of the Tenn
essee ear company, which indictment
was a twin brother to one upon which
Foster Blodgett was arrested.
Bullock met with tho same cordial
reeoptiou at tho hands of “leading
citizens of Atlanta” that Kimball did,
and when his bond was fixed at
$1300.00 he had no difficulty iu giv
ing it, Messrs. J. T. Grant, Tom Al
exander, R. Peters, J. 0. Peck and B.
Conley becoming his bondsmen.
Having given bond and been turned
over to the civil authorities, we pre
sume his case will rest where it is un
til the sitting of the Superior Court
of Fulton county, which, if wo mistake
not, comes off in July.
We see it stated that Gen. L. J'
Gartre’l and Judge McCny will de
fend Bullock, and we trust that Gov.
Smith will detail the State Solicitor
and employ other able counsel for the
prosecution. There is no doubt that
the whole matter will be whitewashed
and Bullock released, if the Governor
relinquishes ah interest in the case,
for there are too mnny “big bugs” in
Atlanta who made as much money out
of Bullock’s rascality in office ns he
did; and of course they will have all
pending disclosures cut as short as
possible. Let us wait and see what
comes of it.
T he Rail road Tax Cases.
It will bo remembered that the leg
islature passed a law in 1875, says
♦lie Atlanta Constitution, imposing a
higher rate of taxation on the rail
roads in this state than that prescrib
ed in their charters. The tax in the
ease of the Central road and its
branches would amount to a large
sum, and hence that road and the
Southwestern resisted the collection
of the tax, and carried the matter be
fore the courts. These roads con
tended that the imposition of a high
er tax than that fixed in their char
ters would be a violation of their
rights, and an impairment of the va
lidity of the contracts between the
state and the companies. The Supe
rior court held, however, that the law
was valid and constitutional, and this
decision was affirmed by our supreme
court. From the latter court the case
was carried up to the supreme court
of the United States, aud this tribu
nal of final resort rendered a judg
ment last week ia-Avhich the decision
of the supreme court of Georgia is
reversed and set aside.
The judgment of the Federal court
is final, and is of great importance
both to the state and the Central and !
Southwestern railroad companies. It [
is important to the state, because it
cuts off the revenues which might be |
expected from this source, aud it is.,
important to the railroads, because it j
relieves them from this additional j
burthen. The stock of the Central j
road had already declined on account
partly, of the passage of the act re
ferred to. ,
The condition of the coumpany is
better now in every respect, however,
than it has been for some years; and
we shall not be surprised, in view of
this fact and the dcqjsion in the tax
case, to see the stock rated much
higher at an early day than it is now.
This we shall not regret. It is a mat
ter of interest to tlio people of the
whole state, that this great property
should be restored to something like
its former prosperity.
We rise to a point of privilege, in
behalf of unenlightened South Geor
gia, to ask the State Executive Oom
niitte when they expect to call the
Gubernatorial Convention. Can it
be that the Chairman wants more
time to electioneer before the conven
tion is held ? If that's what you are
waiting for, Col. Tom., “there’s where
you make a mistake,” for Colquit and
James are beating you at your own
game. They have been all over the
State onco, and are now half way
through on the second round.
Tire Thomasvii.le Guards will have
their annual hop to-night, which, like
everything else of the kind gotten up
in that lively and enterprising town,
will be a grand affair. The receipt of
an invitation to attend is hereby ac
knowledged, and we regret that <ur
business engagements are such that
wo cannot attend.
Washington.
The Independent Republican
Council.
i INCREASING OPPOSITION TO TIL-
I)EN.
J CAMPAIGN GOSSIP —NO PROSPECT OP AN
J EARLY ADJOURNMENT OP CONGRESS.
! [Special Correspondence of the Quitman
Reporter.
Washington, May 19, 1870.
The meeting in New York on Mon
day of the Independents for the pur
pose of conferring as to tho proper
course for them to take in the coming
Presidential canvass was attended by
about three hundred delegates. The
Rev. Samuel Osgood, the first speak
er, gave vent to his sentiments in the
following not very complimentary
language to the administration:
He believed in the country because
he was an American and because be
believed in Almighty God. Our pa
triotism generally wanted depth and
principle. In this country where
church and state are separate there
is a tendency to separate politics from
morality. Within the past few years
political parties have been managed
by sporting politicians whose iutlu
ence is very bad and altogether dam
nable. Many of us bad accepted the
President as a just and fair man and
tho speaker bad not given up hopes
of him yet and was not quite willing to
believe that he was either dishonest
or weak. But he was not the man
for President of the United States;
he was not high toned enough—not
cultivated enough, and hud bad men
around him. The AVliite Houso and
its surroundings socially were not
good. The first thing that tho coun
try wanted was an honest man for
President, and such a man should be
supported by the people no matter
what may have been bis previous po
litical affiliations.
The Reverend gentleman is cer
tainly correct as far as he goes, but
' honest)/ is not the only prerequisite
for a President of the United States.
Astute statesmanship, a thorough
knowledge of the political history of
our country, a quick perception to
discover and firmness to punish a
! wrong, a high sense of honor, both
personal and national are somo of
the traits that should distinguish
him. The Republicans are blatant in
their denunciations of these gentle
i men who comnose this conference,
many of them being men they once
| delighted to honor and for whom no
name was too good, nor any praise
j too fulsome; but now it is exactly the
j reverse —no epithet too abusive to
; hurl at them nor any charges too
j monstrous to make. The Republi
j cans evidently see that these men
must wield a powerful influence upon
public opinion and they feel it would
j be in vain to search their ranks for a
i man that can come up to the stand
| ard of excellence that these men have
fixed as essential for our next Presi
dent. If we may take the expressed
opinion of some of the gentlemen
composing this conference as an
earnest expression of thier desires
aud their sentiments can be impress
ed upon the people throughout the
country, we shall have no more pres
ent-taking Presidents, no more Scc
retarys selling out offices to relatives
and camp followers, no credit mobi-
I liers, no lobby .rings organized and
held up by high government officials,
nor any other ffiauds now so reck
lessly indulged in. J3ut the wishes of
| the people as disseminated .through
out the land by an eiflipFt.ened and
| powerful,.-press must and w ill be obey
ed by the employee# of the people
from the President down to the hum
blest cross 'yad postmaster.
The opfMtllion to Mr. Tilden in
New York has Assumed a character,,
that renders his nomination at St.
Louis almost out of the question.
The only strong argument in his fa
vor, that he would obtJin the large
voto of New York in the Electoral
College has been swept away, and
when that is gene he drops complete
ly out of sight as a Presidential can
dicWHf. The Cincinnati Enquirer is
loud in its advocacy of Gov. Allen.
Ho *s no doubt good enough, but let
the Republicans make their nomina
tion, and then let us bring out the
man who combines most of tlfe essen
tial qualification.Qjfor a successful
campaign. Speaker Kerr’s health is
reported to be greatly improved, and
he expects shortly to resume his du
ties. Congressmen say that with the
amount of business befdre the House
there is no prospect of adjournment
before the first of July.
Dem.
tm - ■■ —-
The following is the form of a waiv
er note used by a north Georgia firm:
One day after date I promise to pay
J. B. B. & Cos. or bearer.... dollars,
and hereby bind myself, my heirs, ex
ecutors, administrators, and assigns,
to take no advantage of the home
stead or auy other rascally Georgia
| law, so far as this debt is concerned,
|so help me God and keep me stead
fast in due performance of the same.
Witness my band and seal.
Seal
The Quitman Reporter
Says the Hon. John 11. James is on a
tour through that Bection of the
State, and:
"Mr. James is different in one respect
from the other candidates for Governor. He
i comes out squarely and says that lie wants
\ the office—that he wants it not tor the Hake
of the pay, hut for the honor of the position.
The others are working as hard for the nom
j inationuhe is, but none of them are candid
j enough to acknowledge it."
There is no need of verbal assur
ance from any of the candidates that
i they want the office. Mr.'James, him
j self, if asked if he wanted it, might
have replied to tho Reporter, ns the
bridegroom did when naked by the
parson whether he “would have this
woman for his wedded wife"—“Don’t
' you see I have come here to git her!”
And if success in getting it is to be
measured by the desire to have it,
what udvantage has James, who only
wants it for the honor, against others
who want it for honor and profit both.
It is a comfort to know that Georgia
is not likely to be without a Governor
from any criminal indifference about
the office on the part of the people.—
Macon Telegraph.
Exactly, brother Telegraph ; we agree
with you that “thero is no need of ver
bal assurance from auy of the candi
dates that they want the office,” but
theu you should have gone on further
and also said that thero was no need
of their working for it. The tone of
the article from which our contempo
rary makes tho above extract could
certainly not have been construed as
favoring Mr. James on account of
his wanting the office, or for any oth
er reason. The idea wo intended to
convey, >nd which we contend the ar
ticle, when taken all together, did
convey, was that the other candidates
did want the office, and that they are
exerting themselves to get it, although
they pretend not to be—showing by
their actions that they do want the
office, and verbally denying it. But
we are rather inclined to the belief
that the people will Income so thor
oughly disgusted with the election
eering and maneuverings of all three
of the present prominent gubernato
rial candidates that neither of them
will receive the nomination. We
think they have much to fear in the
“great unknown.”
Crops in Georgia-
Their Average Acreage and .Condition-
Amount of Fertilizers Used— Interest
ing Report of the Stato Agricultural
Department.
[Telegram to Savannah News. [
Atlanta, May 22.
. The State Commissioner of Agri
culture of Georgia reports
ten per cent more corn
planted in the State than last year,
and the preparation seven per cent
better. The severe cold in March
killed corn in Southern Georgia, re
quiring the crop to be planted again,
but corn is promising all over the
State aud stands on an average eigh
ty-five per cent. Forty-five per cent
of the cotton crop is fertilized. The
acreage of oats is 135 compared to
last year. The average condition is
ninety-nine per cent.
THE AVERAGE 01' WHEAT
is one hundred aud eighteen compar
ed to last year, and the condition May
first, one hundred and sixteen. Fif
ty-eight per cent, sowed is fertilized.
Rust on the is reported in all
sections aud in. somo counties the
crop is nearly ruined with rust. There
is an increase of twenty-four per cei4>,
in the acreage of millet and twenty
per cent, in forage corn. The intro
duction of German millet has stim
ulated the planting of special forage
crops. „
THE COTTOX CROP.
There is a decrease of 10 per cent, in
the acreage of cotton, the preparation
is 7 per cent, better than last year and
the amount of fertilizers used on cot
ton 19 per cent, greater than last year.
The acreage in sugar cane increased
25 per cent and sorghum 36 per
cent.
FERTILLIZERS. *
Twelve per cent, mor# fertilizers
have been purchased this year than
last, only 14 per cent, being for cash
and 86 per cent, on time, principally
for cotton at 15 cents next November.!
Forty-three per cent of the fertilizers
used have been composted at home.
, FARM LABOR.
The average wages of farm labor
ers is one hundred dollars per year
with board. Laborers have hired 12
per cent, more willingly tlii;vc'\ r than
last and are 7 per cent. ru-wK o fft_
DO WE DREAM?
Ninoty per cent, of c, Xspon
deutsof the Department re* Jft a de
termination on the part or the far
mers to make all farm supplies at
homo and let cotton be strictly a sur
plus crop.
The Atlanta Constitution learns that
Col. P. M. B. Young will doubtless be
sent to the next legislature from his
county. His friends are uniting to
this end. Should he be elected it is
expected that he will become a prom
inent candidate for speaker of the
house and enter the race with a strong
following.
The meanest man and most con
temptible coward in the State lives in
Gainesville. He beat his wife un
mercifully one mouth after she be
came a mother.
Bowen has been expelled from
Beecher’s church, and the result will
probably be the giving to the public
the “bottom facts” so long waited for
iu the Ececber case.
A HAPPY LAND.
A Place where Carpet-Baggers are
Unknown.
An Interesting Letter from the Interior.
Montgomery Cos., Ga., May 22nd, 1876.
Dear Reporter:
Perhaps you are begining to think
that 1 had become enamored with tho
smilos of some of the fair ones, and,
like all love sick youths, wandered to
the far west to find tho fortune that
many think cannot bo found in the
uoblo old State of Georgia. No; I
have not gone west, neither do I ex
pect to soon; but you know this life
of ours is full of changes. Since writ
ing you last the appearance of the
farms in this section has been consid
erably changed by tho industrious
farmers; crops are better than they ev
er were, and if we can havo a few good
showers of rain, there will bo hut little
corn bought in this section next year.
The farmers seem to have found out
that the proper course to pursuo is to
keep out of debt. Asa general thing
they plant but little cotton, and a
great many plant none at all. It is
true there is more , western corn used
in Telfair and Montgomery counties
j this year than ever was used before,
j caused by the severe drought last year,
but the pretty part of their buying (if
| there is any beauty attached to such
\ business) is, that they have the money
| to count out when the corn is raeasur
j ed. As soon last year as tho farmers
: saw that the corn crop was a failure,
they went to work and got out raftsof
timber, and the heavy rains this spring
enabled them to get it to market,
which neted them enough to carry
: them safely through the summer with
out going in debt for their supplies.
Since leaving Quitman I have trav-
I eled through twelve or fifteen counties,
i and I find more money, better times
and less complaint about being in
debt, iu Telfair and Montgomery than
iu any others. You seldom see a
farmer here take a merchant to tbe
rear of bis store, and iu a low tone of
voice and with despodent countenance
tell him how much cotton he thinks
he will make, and that be would like
for him to make a few advances for
him. No, sir; it is different here.
Even those who do not engage in the
timber business have a nice little flock
of sheep or cattle that brings them in
a neat income, at this season of the
year.
The oat crop is splendid, and is be
giuing to ripen. I think if more of
the counties would adopt some of the
rules of old Telfair and Montgomery,
they would see less trouble, have less
use for courts, and live at home more
comfortably. These counties are
strictly democratic, and I was told by
a citizen of Montgomery that there
never was a radical vote cast iu the
co|jQjty. No carpet-bagers nor scala
wags have found their way here, and
none of the citizens have been mean
enough to lay aside self respect and
honesty to obtain a government office.
I think, sir, I will buy me a little piece
of land, persuade somo of the fair ones
to go to the preacher’s house with me,
settle down here and try to be happy.
I saw an account of the annual ball
of the Stone Wall Fire Company in the
last Reporter, and I came very near
shedding tears as large as my friend
there. But then we must remember
that all is not sunshine in this life.
Picnics have commenced, and we
feast on cat fish that weigh as high as
forty pounds. Mr. Editor, come up
and spend a few weeks with the Mont
gomery and Telfair county folks, and
you shall have one forty pound fish all
to yourself. One man seldom eats a
whole fish here at one time, but than I
never saw many editors eat cat fish,
f*Jd I don’t know how much they
eat. I only offer you one to be
sure will have enough. I have
been trying tb' get a large fish to send
you, but never have been able to get
one at the right time and place.
I am begiuing to got a little anxious
to see Quitman —see tlio boys a-n-d
the girls, too; and I think o’re many
more months will glide by, I will have
the pleasure of grasping the warm
hand of friendship of the Brooks peo
ple. With my best wishes for the suc
cess of the new proprietor of tho Re
porter, I am
Ax Ex-Quitmaxite.
Sew Patents.
The following Patents were issued
to tho citizens of the State of Georgia
during the weok ending May 16th,
1876.
Addressing machines—J. M. Buck
ert, Savannah, Ga.
Plows—A. G. W. Eoster, Newman,
Ga.
Roller Gages—Aaron Reppard, Sa
vannah, Ga.
Brushes—P. H. Raiford, St. Mary’s
Ga.
Locomotives—N. L. Respess, Up
son county, Ga.
Reported by Fitch A Fitch, Coun
sellors at Law and Solicitors of Pat
ents. No. 21 Park Row, New York,
through S. T. Kingsberv, Counsellor
at Law and Corresponding Solicitor
at Quitman.
Bullock Interviewed.
A reporter of tho Atlauta Conulitu
tion has been interviewing Bullock,
and we mako a brief synopsis of what
his ex-oxcellency had to say. Of the in
dictments against him lie said:
There is one thing I would much
like the people to know, and that is
this: That the indictments, to ans
wer which lam here, are no new
things. They aro tho same old in
dictments which have been hanging
up here since I left and had to be
hunted fora half a day yesterday be
fore they could be found. They con
tain only the old charges. Thero are
no new charges preferred against me
at all. Some persons I apprehend,
will have the idea tlicit) has lato'y
arisen a uew necessity for iny return,
but this is not so, and I would like
that fact understood. I have always
been ready and willing to meet these
accusations. There is nothing in
them 4 wheu they come to he investiga
ted. They were founded at the in
stance of tho legislative committees
and were doubtless believed all right
then.
Speaking of his counsel, he said:
“Gen. Gartrell has been my attorney
ever since I left the State, and is now.
Ho will have his partners with him, I
suppose. Theu Judge McCay will be
of tbe couusel, too. I received a tele
gram from Judge Lochraue—be was
| at Louisville—tendering bis services.
That showed that he was “true blue,”
you know, and I feel very grateful to
him. Judge McCay ami Judge Hop
kins also offered, and I am equally
grateful to them.”
To the question whether he had
any fears about returning to Georgia,
he answered: “Oh, no; none at all.
There lias been no time within tbe
past two and a bglf years that I would
Lave hesitated to come here had I
been informed that it was necessary
to have my presence. If the Govern
or bad written to me to come I should
, have done so.”
Speaking of tbe readiness with
which he gave bond he remarked:
I have been highly gratified and
feel more deeply than anything in all
my past experience the good will and
kindness with which I have been re
ceived by tbe people. They have
treated me with all the courtesy and
consideration that I could ask. Col.
Alexander promptly tendered himself
with his associates as security, and as
Sheriff Perkerson said he was satis
fied the matter was at an end upon
that point. From what I have learn
ed since I have no doubt if the matter
had remained open a few hours there
would have been, if necessary, two
pages of names attached to the paper.
In answer to whether or not 113 had
been feeling tho public pulse, with
reference to his presence in Atlanta,
he said there are a great many per
sons in the State who are my friends,
I know, and who, outside of politics,
believe in my personal integrity. 1
believe they are generally satisfied
with the turn of affairs. I have seen
the newspapers which have arrived !
since the ““dispatches Went from here
and I jroo nolb in g in thttm that I could
take exceptions to in any way. One
of them, however, says I am charged
with all the crimes known to the laws
of Georgia, but I suppose that is the
exuberance of too much spirits.
In reponse to a query as to whether
he had seen any signs of the
“bloody shirt" since his arrival, be
answered:
[Laughing] Oh, no ! I will be a
witness against tbe “bloody shirt” at |
any time and anywhere. All that
sort of thing is now of the past entirely.
Gov. Smith, in this matter, has fully
complied with every demand of the
law and his official duty, and arranged
the matter as to my personal trouble
as satisfactorily as he could, or I
could wish.
The interview theu proceeds:
Reporter—-Governor, there is a deal
of talk about your ability to make
damaging revelations implicating
“prominent democrats” iu matters
not generally believed to havo been
“square” during your administration.
How is that?
Gov. B—l take it that those refer
ences are to applications for offices
made to me by democrats. There
were a number of them and a number
of democrats were appointed to office
by me. 1 was cursed and damned
time and again, and immeasurably by
republicans for doing so. But these
were personal matters, and I am not
given to betray confidence; and the
public will never have the gratification
of reading those letters or knowing'
their contents. All my official acts
are of record in the archives of the
State, und I am ready to stand by
them, but my private correspondence
is not there’and 1 am pretty sure it
will remain unknown by the public.
Reporter—Do you know anything
would implicate any of those gentle
men iu wrong doing?
Gov. B—l know nothing of any
fraud or corruption, at all, during thp
time, aud of those gentlemen of whom
you refer, I know of nothing that is
not to their honor and credit. I have
since learned many things that I
didn’t dream of at the time and have
been astonished at some develop
ments made, but when the men were
iu otliee under my administration I
had no idea of the probability that
they were not all right. Many of
those Democrats who applied to me
have since held and are holding high
places, making good officers, and they
would have made good ones had I ap
pointed them.
When asked what party he belong
ed to his ex-excellency ladghed and
replied: I belong to tho Bullock party!
Really, however, I have not voted
since I left here in auy election. I
have always considered Georgia as
my horhe, and never relinquished my
citizenship here. Some of my friends
have urged me to accept a federal po
sition, but I have refused to do so
while I knew that I could have had it,
did I desire. I knew that- by econo
my I could live from my own resources
and I have done so. I have, since
leaving here lived at one-fourth the
expense I ever found xnyself able to
do before, iu Augusta.
A Suicide’s Letter.
The Feelings of Itcrmird Hailey, who
Shot lliuiself Because he was Jilted.
From tho St. Louis Olobo-Democrat.
To the Public: Would you like to
know how a man feels who is about
to commit suicide? Iu tho first place,
he must feel so badly that no matter
what is to come hereafter, it is more
endurable than the present; and sec
ondly, he must feel that, more endur
able or not, ho cannot help the act;
that if even the future is worse than
the present, tho present is unendura
ble. I suppose medical men would
like to know just the mental condition
of one who can shuffle off his mortal
coil.
It is this: My nerves and senses
are ns sound as they ever were. I can
attend to business as efficiently, and
as fully realize that the chief end of
man is to gather ducats, as I ever
could. But I can also realize that
without my better half I am as a per
fect engine without steam—useless.
Doctors of divinity would doubt
less like to know my moral status and
religious ideas. My moral, idea is
this: That man should do his duly
in spite of obstacles and conse
quences, p.nd that so doing is the
only thing which will bring peace
which passeth all understanding. 1
acknowledge that I am too weak so
to do. In regard to a future state,
my reason does not fully accept that
there is a future state of which we
will be conscious. I believe in tbe
immortality of the soul, or the life
principle, or whatever it is, as I be
lieve iu tbe immortality of a bushel
of coal; that it may change its form
so essentially as to be unconscious of
having ever existed before, but that
still, as the coal, it is not destroyed,
but simply changes its form. My
heart may speak differently to me,
but even then I believe that whatever
is, is inevitable, as it must all proceed
from one great original, and so must
be in accordance with his will.
However, I shall probably know
more about it iu twenty-four hours
than all the D. D.s living. lam not
crazy. I know that the world is full
of good and enjoyable tilings, and
that they were put here for our good
and benefit, and that wo should strivo
and work to obtain them.
But lam unable to care for them
without the love of my darling.
I wish to state that Miss is in
no way responsible for my having
loved her; that almost before she had
ground for thinking that my feelings
were more tender than those of
friendship, she informed me that her
heart was another's and that, while
she esteemed and cared for me ns a
friend, I could be nothing more to
her. But she was mistaken in that,
and though I could not convince her
of it while living, she will realize it
when I sleep the sleep that knows no
waking. A sweet good night to all.
appendix. *
On the back of a sheet of note pa
per w;;re the .wolds: “Respect this.”
On the other side there was the fol
lowing: *
“I wish to be buried just in the
clothing in which I die. Do l o
move me from where I am found, ex
cept to my grave.
“Burv me in a plain pine coffin, and
have me carried to my grave in a
one-horse spring wagon. Do not let
the total cost of my burial exceed $5. •
As the last request of a dying man, I
conjure you to respect these instruc
tions.”
hull OIF.
The Pulaski (Tt-nu.) Citizen is re
sponsible for this: One day last
week Mr. H. L. Solinskv was accost
ed on the street by a Nashville man,
who asked him what lie thought of
Hirsh, the Nashville Israelite who re
nounced Judaism and turned Baptist
preacher. Mr. Solinsky replied:
“Veil, in heaven dereish dwo gates
—Abraham keeps von and Christ
keep von odder. Veil Hirsh eoomes
up dere be vill go mit Christ's gate
and Christ vill Say ‘Von Baptist
breaeher.’ Christ vill den say, ‘You
be’s like von Jew—go mit Abraham’s
gate,’ and Hirsh vill say, ‘I vas von
Jew, now I be’s von Baptist breaeher
—unlock dot gate.’ Abraham vill
sa, ‘Vot ish dot, hey ? You be’s a
Jew and Baptist breaeher, too ? You
valso dot gate avay. Dis gate don’t
be’s von hairpin like dot.’ Hirsh vill
den set down mit his coonskin preech
es and visper mit himself, ‘Veil, veil,
dat ish a goot joke. Christ sends
me mit Abraham because I be’s a Jew,
and Abraham sends me mit Christ
because I don’t be nottings. Und den
der devil vill coome along and say.
‘Coome mit. dis vay down mit me, j
Hirsh, and warm vour coonskins.’ ”
Mrs. Black wishes to in
form her Friends that she
will be pleased to see them
at till' Store of Messrs.
Briggs, Jclks & Cos., having
arranged to conduct her
Millinery business in con
nection with them, which
gives her such advantages
in obtaining Goods that she
can supply them with the
latest and best at greatly
reduced prices. Site is now
exhibiting a beautiful lot
of new r Goods. Call and
see.
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