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SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 11, 1878.
Th® Old Farm Rom.
Th® ®aay ehair, all path®4 with ea,
l® plac®d by th® old h®Mrthctoa;
With witching grao®, in th® old ArepUott
The ®v®rgreene ore itrewn,
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ller® lor®ly attll, on th® window aAli*
Tho d®w-ey®d flowers rost,
Whil® ’mid th® lav® oo Um mm gwa
®ava,
Th® marten build® her no®*.
And all day long th® Summer hr®*®®
la whlsporing lev® W th® bsudod trorib
Orsr th® doer, all oovsrsd ®'r,
With a sack of dark gr®om bairn.
Lay® a muakot old, whooo worth I® told
In tho evonts of other days.
And the powder flank and the hunter*® hom
■avo hung beside it for many a morn.
For year® hav® fled with ® ooisslsM trsadk
Like fairy dreams away,
And In their flight, all shorn of It® mighA
A father, old and gray,
Aa tho aofl winds play with his snow-whits
hair.
And ths old man sleeps ta his sasy skaif,
Zfcstde ths door, on hb sanded-floor.
Light, airy footsteps gilds,
And a maiAm fair, with flaxen hath.
Kneels by the old man's aide—
An old oak wrecked by tho angry storm. ’
While ths ivy clings to its trembling tesh
CLl_jgjll.UilJX.l
The Hole In The Floor.
Tho life ( Eject af Seth Grovner and
Susun his wife was to amass property. It
had been their aim during their wedded
existence, which now counted fifteen
years, and was still cherished as the
dearest wish of their beans. No change
was made except it would hasten tho
desired consummation of this long
nurtured hope; no outlay was ventured
upon unless it promised asjistance in the
hoarding of money. Not a day’s respite
ii 1i he one from unceasing application to
- , o<i nn hour passed that the
- o'* ; some new way to
save dollars arid cents.
In such .hi atmosphere of eairer grasp
ing for property, it would be strange had
their children escaped the infect ion. 7 heir
little faces brightened at the sight of a
penny, not that it would procure sweet
meats, but because it would add another
to their store of coins; and the small hand
grasped it with as instinctive ami keen a
pleasure as an aged miser clutches hi
gold. The oft repeated parental injunc
tion, "A penny saved is a penny earned.”
fell upon the childish cars, but childish
wisdom applied the maxim; tho confec
tioner and fruit-vender were rarely called
upon by the young Urovners—the seed
was taking root.
Mr. and Mrs. Grovner had nothing to
give away. Poverty, iu the form of a rag
ged mendicant, was rudely repulsed; mis
fortune, in the garb of despondency, met
with rebuke instead of sympathy; sorow,
in the persons of mourning widows and
fatherless children, vainly sought wor s
of consolation and a helping hand; the
kiudly voice of pity, and tho whisperings
of charity, were unheard by ears inac
cessible save to the hints o 1 frugality, the
suggestions ot economy, or the prompt
ings of prudence. Ah, little do the un
fortunate gain from those making haste
to be rich 1
Reading, the cheapest of all luxuries,
Mr. Grovncr thought too expensive to be
encouraged. Books cost money, and
newspapers couldn’t be bad for nothing,
even if there wasn’t any postage on them.
When he was rich he would have a library
worth showing. Hi* wife had no social
intercourse with her friends and neigh
bors; visits took time, arid if she attended
parties, she would be expected to give
them. That would not do, so she re
mained at home, mind and body absorbed
iri the one paramount idea. Did either
feel a lingering desire to listen to the notes
of some lauded singer, or the eloquence
of a distinguished lecturer, the price of
tickets of admission softened disappoint
ment, and made the sacrifice seem less.
The Grovncr children were never per
mitted to leave the dusty, crowded city
fora day in the wools with their com
pardons. The fare back and forth was an
item not to be disregarded; and an excur
sion of this nature was inevitably attend
ed with more or less tom clothes. Money
was always the mother’s inducement; a
promise of three cents each made the little
men bear the deprivation heroically. Ah,
nature is a better teacher than a mother
whose idol is gold 1 One opens the heart
to kindly influences, makes if, more .sus
ceptible to genial impressions, quickens
brotherly love, and brings the creature
nearer the C eator; the other biuats tit
sensibilities, chokes the springs of benevo
lenee, clogs the aspiring spirit, makes it
insensible to a loftier sentiment than the
love of gain. Aro there no other Mrs. ;
Grovners?
None of the family attended church,
for pew rent w .s an item, and a minister’s
tax not an unimportant consideration. If *
preaching and good example cost nothing,
they would have availed themselves of
their benefits, but os it was, parents and
children were “a law to themselves ”
Thoir living was of the plainest possibl
kind, aud quantity was studied as closely
as quality. None of the Grovners were
afflicted with gout or dyspepsia, if timi
palates wore never regn'-'d by and.: nly
dishes.
Mr. Seth and Mrs. ■ usuu were threaten
ed with a dire calamity, iti the shape of a
visit from an elderly relative, who had
troubled them hut otioo sinco their mar
riage. A lotter had been received, avow
ing his intention to become better aj
quaiuted with his nephew and niece.
They knew little about him, save that he
was a childless old man, rather odd iu his
ways, and burdened with but a small por
tion of this world's goods. Yet this much
was certain; his stay with them would be
attended with great inconvenience aud
expense—and the last reflection was the
most annoying of all.
His appearance was not an event of re
joicing on the part of tho host and
hostess; the respectable looking old gen
tleman missed the hearty welcome be had
promised himself. They were polite, but
not cordial; attentive, but cold and dis
tant, meeting his familiar advances with
that indifferent reserve so chilling and
discouraging. The children hau been sent
off to bed as soon as tea was ever, and the
three sat stiffly abrut the cold stove, Mrs.
Grovner glancing now and then at tho
clock on the mantel piece.
“Perhaps yout uncle would like to re
tire,” she observed to Mr. Seth.
Conversation had flat-red for some
minutes; it was hard doing all the talk ug,
and uncle Abel approve i the suggestion,
though if. was tc.iredy ebtht o'clock.
“Ituu-t confess to fatigue,” he said.
“F:n not young as l w i.< one and exer
tion ares me. I’ve been accustomed to
sleeping in a warm room, if it won't oe
oo much trouble, I’d like a little lire
kindled for me; old blood feats these chilly
nights," he added, apologetically.
Mr. Feth said, “Oh, no I ” and Mrs.
Susan, “Certainly no!" but anybody
could see that their thoughts widely
diverged from their words. Ihe fire was
mafic, and the nephew took a small hand
lamp to light Uncle Abel to his chamber.
‘ I should prefer this," said the latter,
taking a larger one from the shelf near
him, "if you have no objections. It holds
more oil, I see, and sometimes, when I
am restless and can’t sleep, 1 read to in
duje drowsiness. It won’t incommode
you very much, I hope.”
Seth said, “No, indeedl” and Susan,
“Not in the least!” hut mentally, their
replies were different. Unde Abet and
the largest lamp went up stairs, husband
and wife closed the doors for a eormubn.
conference.
“Well!” said the niece.
“What do you think?’’ said the
nephe w.
“An assuming did fox!" she exclaim."l.
"A confounded bore!" he ejaculated.
"An extra fire, Sethi”
“A lamp to read by, Susan!”
"Meat for dinner!”
“And coffee for breakfast!”
“Will he stay long, think?”
“Two or three months, judging from
the size and weight of his trunk.”
“A j.retty hill of expense, truly!—and
not a dollar to pay his board I”
“Fuel and light, and what he’ll eat and
drink, will put ua back a whole year in
our calculations. This comes of having
relations! I wish I hadn’t one in the
world! —and to think he a nothing but a
great uncle.”
This interesting conversation was pro
longed sou e time; but enough has been
given to show the feelings of Mr. arid
Mrs. Grovner in regard to Uncle Abel.
Mourning did not mend the manners
of the couple, yet the worthy old gentle
man was urbane and sailing, seeming
not to notice the frigid atmosphere that
prevailed. He tried in vain to make
the acquaintance ot' the children, but
parental oversight prevented the object
in view, [t was rooolieuted that they,
with a certain c ass designated ;j,s “fools, ’ ’
were said to “tell the truth;’’ and that,
ia this instance, was not to be spoken.
Uncle Xbel's sight vas impaired, but
■ was not so biind that be could not de
tect dissatisfaction, though in a tueaiure
cioaked. Hi- tarry was short at the
‘: rovner ma - ion; in a week be took leave
of his nephew and niece, to their un
bounded satisfaction.
• We have done well,’’ they :aid, “to
got lid -if him so easily. He might have
staid a month.”
An Undo Abel w.,s forgotten' in the
g i struggle to oiako a fortune.
Uue year afterward, they hoard of his
decease by means of the following siy. va
cant letter, which was found among his
private papers, and forwarded after hi
death.
“Nephew an ! Niece:—When a child
les old iivui eronses your threshold, yeartt-
Iny for love at"! sympathy, and that
vi e •Vi yout .de.mld voluntarily ac
cord I oil! ai r. in . hi u n-.it coldly, he
grudge hitu-not ’ food bn eat e the
lire that-wmi;r. ■■ ' i' ll
enables him to beguile ; mm-H mill,-.ici
hour. And raoreov r and ■>•. ■' * a-,* i'
hole in the floor. 7". > ‘his
benefit,you, is the wi' ; . ymr
11 soi.b A i . ; ..
“Tho hole in the flom
mean. Ligbt slowly bcgnii to erw y li
the bewildered brain of Mi in. 1 .
Grovnor, revealing a st-ardioc Irm-ii - -
every line of the singular oj>ist.lc bci o’.
them. They looked ut, each o.!;>•: iu
blank dismay, in the that
their hypocrisy anil littleness had been
exposed.
A placo had been cut in tho floor for
tho admission of a pipe from tho stove in
tho room below' Being early in the sea
son, this pipe had not been adjusted for
the winter, and the space was consequent
ly open. Uncle Abel occupied that
chamber, and had no difficulty in over
hearing every word that had been utter
ed beneath him by Seth and Mrs, Susan.
The hole in the floor had thus betrayed
them. How unfortunate they should
have forgotten it I The secret of his
short visit was understood. Both were
much diseomposed that their petty mean
ness had been brought to light, but were
consoled by reflecting that nothing au
tagpnislio to thoir interest would come
of it!
“But, ah, a great many improbable
things transpire in thin worldl Who
would have imagined that Undo Abel
was worth his thousands? Who would
have supposed that he was in possession
of a fortune called by the initiated, “inile
pondant?” The “assuming old fox” had
shewn his cunning. ISet.U and Susan
had overreached themselves. In striving
to save a penny, they had lost a great
many pounds. They were Uncle Abel’s
only surviving relatives, and be had in
tended making them his heirs.
But, alas, tho hole in thefloor! it had
willed his money to a charitable List it ;
tion, bequeathing them only the know!
odfe of their parsimony and self ab.e-e
merit! Irretrievable mistake—irrepara
ble error! The imporeant object of their
lives defeated by a hole in the floor, when
lust upon the verge of realization.
>JOW A TJIOY MAN WAS TREATED AT
THIS NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE.
A prominent German of this city, on
Ids return from the fatherland not long
I.go, brought with him a silk dress for his
wife, anew suit of clothes for himself, and
several meerschaum pipes, which lie bought
cheaply and thought, to sell at a fair pro>.
He had also silk handkerchiefs, fur gh • ■
and trinkets for his friends. Our fr. : <
having heard so much about the corrupts n
of Custom House officers, decided to save
his pipes and bis duties at the same lime,
and accordingly brought out his trunk tor
inspection on landing, placed a $5 bill upon
the top of the contents, so that it would be
seen when the lid win lifted, and confident
ly waited to see the Inspector pick up the
i ill, jab it into his pocket, shut the trunk,
chalk it, and pass on; but he didn't. Ho
opened the trunk, glanced at the pipes, put
the bill back, closed the chest, chalked it,
and remarking “Wait a minute,” shortly
returned with a second officer, and gave
the wardrobe such an overhauling on only
a suspicious inspector can give one. Every
thing was charged with d-uty—the pipes,
the ailk dresa, even the suit of clothes and
nil tire trinkets—and the poor traveler paid
dearly for his little indiscretion. His $5
was handed back to him after a settlement
had been effected, and he was told to keep
it to purchase smaller game. —Troy Times.
IHB GREAT GRAPE VINE OF SANTA
BARBARA.
The monster grape vine of Santa Barbara
nrrived recently on the steamship Ancon,
packed for shipment to the Philadelphia
Centennial, where it is to be set up with the
limbs attached in their natural position.
Eight fast from the ground its body was
five and a half feet in circumference. Its
foilage covered 10,000 square feet, and an
nually produced six tons of excellent Mis
sion grapes. At the point of this measure
ment it branched out into twenty large
limbs, one of which is twenty-seven inches
in circumference, just the exact size of the
Queen’s celebrated vine at Hamilton Court,
Ingland, the largest in the Old World. An
pjiortunity of seeing this great natural
rioslty should be given to the people of
I,c State before its departure. —San Frcrn-
Uoo Lerlyop.
NUMBER 15.
BUNBELM3.
Tu the count ,’v - hey blow a hom before M
rttuncr; in town they take one.
CM'* /> in Virginia are politely called
“beli. - . ofiVr*,"
M- - ;V" i, made her husband
quail before lier. Ga-mnyi
A philosopher doeoribea a bold man or
one who combs bis head with a towel.
“Hain’t got a eont to day” is probably
one of the oldest lies on record.
The height; of i -lit. ‘ness-—Running against
a lamp-post and asking it to J lease excuse
you.
The Brooklyn girl who was naught s!oV
in.' a pair of "hoes to wear to the Pnnday
" 01, says eho will never try to bo good
again.
Tight times are not confined to this
sublunary sphere. Tho other night
there was a tremendous ring about the
moon. J.t was a fair, square promise
of a severo storm, and everybody pre
pare! for it: but after several days of
vacillating policy, the matter was
finally compromised ut about, thirty
cents on the dollar.
no skulked Into a saloon, loaned
over the bar, and whispered : "Here's
my last ten cents. If you were
me would you pav it out for whisky,
or buy some candy for the children.
“I’d buv oandy, replied the bar
keeper. The man j.ut up tho money,
made for the door, but halted as a
happy idoa struck him, and returned
and said: "I guess I’ll pay for tho
wliisky, and get trusted for the candy.’'
A Kearney man started with a team to
the Black Hills, and the Indians wanted
to Interview him on the way. He whip
ped up his team, but the redskins gained
on him. He threw out his load, but they
came still nearer. He finally tumbled off
the bod, drew the kingbolt and rode the
forewheels safely Into Custer City at the
rate of twenty miles an hour.
Hiram Powers, the sculptor, who had
spiritual visions, said that if a man's ner
vous system were carefully separated
from the rest of his body. It Is so com
plex and great that it would appear as a
perfect representation of the man. “Why,
then,” said he, “cannot that which is be
low the delicate nervous system be re
vealed to ns in spiritual manifestations?”
row oustrcNi-ANPinis drubs.
A correspondent with tha into Juniata ex
pedition says of the Greenlanders, tliat, t
one ignorant of their style of dress, and the
similarity of the dress of both sexes, it would
he difficult to distinguish the man from the
woman. The man combs his hair straight
down and over id forehead, only parting it
sufficiently to enable him hi see directly
abend of him, while the woman combs her
1 air in a long plait, forming it Into a knot!
cm t.iis top of iho head, which is elevated
Rbout four inches from tile scalp, and tied
with a strip of ribbon, cither of a black,
bine or rod color—too widow being dis
tinguished by the black ribbon, tho wife by
the bisc. end the maiden by the rod one.
Their -'-on is c- poetry, like that of tho
Indian, a-. v.,r bi&ek and their nose flat,
nriiiic Jr c< • ek-boinv are brood and prom
inent, nearly hiding the nasal appendage
when the profile i presented. The kepetab,
or jumper, with hood attachment, worn by
both sexes, the ho.f i of tha woman being
made larger, in which to carry the young,
babe, is - aiskm with trimmings of dogskin..
The panni! ion and boots are also worn by
both sexes, those of the women being, in
most cares, very elaborately and artistically
trimmed. The pantaloons of the women
resell only to the knee, while the hoots,
made of fi. .sly tanned sealskin, nicely crimped
and sawed with the sinews of the deer,
make them look comfortable.
PEAS THREE THOUSAND YEARS OLD,
la the courts of Intc explorations in tho
ancient ruina of Egypt, Gen. Anderson, an
English traveler, found, iuciosed in a sarco
phagus beside a mummy, a few dry peso,
which he preserved carefully, and on his re
turn to Great Britain, planted in tho rich
soil of the island of Guernsey. The seeds
germinated, and soon tvro little plants ap
peared, from which, at maturity, sufficient
peas were gathered to plant quite a large
tract of ground in the following s canon.
Some of the plants thus raised hare attained
a height of over six foot, and have been loaded
with blossoms of exquisite odor, and of a
deiicata rose tint. The peculiar feature of
the growth is the stem, which is so small
near the root but increases greatly in size u
it ascends, requiring a support to sustain it
upright The pods, instead of being dis
tributed around all portion* of the stem, aa
in the ordinary plant, are grouped about the
upper extremity. The vegetable, it is said,
belongs to the ordinary garden variety; but
from its presenting the very distinctive dif
ferences above noted, it seems worthy of
close botanical observation. The peas are
of remarkably Cue flavor, excelling in de
licacy those of the choicest taown va
rieties.
The publisher of a weekly newspaper,
in Illinois, prints in each nam her a chap
ter of tho Bible, and upon being ridiculed
for if. by its coutcraporariee, remarks ed
itorially: “V 1 . .mbii-.i, nothing but what
in nows to our readers.”