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Sale, of Laud* Slid Negro** ‘J Adtnitii str:,
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the of leu ’ the for#’iio:r, and
t -roe in the astern ion at the Court limine ill
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t,. -1V.;,, ill like manner ten and .ys previous to
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* t nimithi — In Uwuii'sjou iVotii Guaiiiiuoship.
tifftv and vs
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piibli hed iiKinth') for lour immtli-; for emubl tail
ing l ast p -jer, f r the foil *p<*e<* n < ‘hr.-,-
months •, I -r compelling lilies from Kwciitots
or Admmistrators, wnere bond ha* been g'.v. n
by tbe d* cease 1, to be published the foil space
tis ihreo m001i...
‘"UJ. “'* “-”
i)umjvaii3.
When you see u small waist, think
how great a waste ofh tilth it represents
You rU'T clean knowledge by rending
hut vo i must H|itinit._’ the chaff from the
wheat by thinking.
Women will never be pnnctntil They
ft orn tlie “chafcns” that hang to a watch
chain.— Punch.
Twelve at a Birth.--A country edi
tor, in fi,leaking of a steamboat, says—
*• She had twelve berths iu her ladies ea->
bin.’’
“ Oil, life of me !” exclaimed an old la
ri v oil reading the above, “ what squall
ing there must have been. ’
A young lady explained to a print
er tiie other day the distinction between
printing and publishing, and at the con
elusion tf her remarks, by way of iilu-;-
trating it, site said, ‘‘you ray pro.t a;
ki-s on my cheek, but you must not pub j
tilth it.”
An honest Dutchman, in trailing n
his son in the way lie should go, fit ; rt i
tiy exercised him in Bible lesson
one of these occasions he a-ked ‘.i . •
“Wha vug dat would no 3hlte. ruit
Botipber’s vise
“Sitoseph “
’ Dat’s a goot poy. Veil, vat vas de
reaaou he vuuid not shleep mit her ?”
“Don’t know ; shpo-e be vashu t shlee
py ”
“An exchange paper, the editor of
which no doubt, lately “set tip’ with a
widow, goes off thus :
* ‘For the other half of a courting match
there is nothing like an interesting id
ow. There >■ as much and (Terence between
courting a damsel and att attractive wid
ow, as there is between ciphe ing in ad
dition and the double rule of tine.—
Courting a girl is like eating fruit, nl very
nice as far as it ext-nds. nut don g the
amiable to a blue eyed bereaved one iu
black crape, comes under the bea t of pre
serves rich, pu igent. syrupy For de-1
llcious courting, we repeat, give us a live i
*‘widder. , ’
*Qr“Did you attend cbnrch to-day,
as 1 charged you ?” inquired an old plan- ■
ter of one of his slaves, as he returned to
bis dwelling.
“Sartia, massa,” was Cndjo’s reply,
*’ an’ what two mighty big story dat prea
cher ted *’
“ Hush, Cudjo, yon mnsn’t talk that
way—what stories are they
‘‘ Why, he tell de people r.o man can
sarve two massas ; now dis de fuss story, j
kase you see ole Cudjo sarve you, my ole i
massa. and also my young massa John.—
Den de preacher say, be lub de one and
hate de odder, while de £ord knows I
hah you bajf ! n
CUTHE IT REPORTER.
Selected virtlc.
Tlie Mysterious tt
WRITTEN FOR THE YANKEE BL IDE BY C**
At tlie extremity of one of those low
sandy peninsnltt- which jut tut from the
eastern coa-t of Deumark is a quaint old
place with its little gr,. ups of dingy look
tug - ottnges bu.lt in tlie style of the Mid
dle ages, and the o and clturcn with its lofty
belfry, around which the sea hi.da love
to tide when the east winds drive them
to the land, staudiug apart upon tlie sum- j
mit of a neighboring hill about u quarter j
of a mile fr in the town. It is a desolate [
looking place, no tree*, not even a shrub, I
ouly on all sides the white sand glistening j
beneath the long course gras- which!
wave above it, and the blue Baltic bouii- j
ded by the Itor zoo ; now quiet as if a i
speli was upon its waters, and then again 1
dash ng it-eif u da; k angry-looking waves j
upon the opposing shores The inliitbi |
ants of Caristudt are an old fashioned, j
Lto-pituble people, secluded from the!
world, uud knowing little of the sad and
■ enable dramus which of en startle and
asiound the inhabitants ol a populous ci
ty In this village the mysterious event
wh;elt we are to narrate, transpired.
It was iu the Autumn of the year ll
—teat the old clergy man of Caristudt
was seated q uetly at his study
It whs near midnight. The lights in I
the village hail long been extinguished,!
and not a sound was heard save the deep;
roaring of the waves as they broke upon ‘
ihe shore. The night.was dark —one of
those whit hwe all remember when the
l darkness made us shudder involuntarily,
as if it concealed some uend human or in
lerual, who w. s present to work us evil.
I lie embers tq on tbe hearth were h df j
extinct, he lamp’s upon the table burned j
iimly, and the ol I preacher raised himself j
or, tire to his chamber to sleep. But ‘
upon the loi g winding stairs footsteps!
were heard, and tne old men again seat
ed himself, expecting that the door would
be opened by a pu isliiem r who came to
i request him to uttend at the bedside of a I
dying sinner, to perform f r the dying the j
rites which the Catholic church prescribes. |
Die door oj emed, and two strangers on- j
| cored. (he preachers saw bes re him |
I two men ofc nimundk g aspect shrouded j
!tu white mantles The latter of the tw,, [
addressed it in blandly :
“bir preacher, we wish you to perform
a marriage ceremony, the br.dat para
wait you in the church ’’
Tne stranger held out a we 1 filed
pnr.e as he spoke. The old m. n who
was iucli ;el to bel.cve that he was dream
ing, nt Idly demurred.
‘ Tlie law directs,” said ho, “ that the
banns of the intended marriage siia 1 be
published, and that the pr.est shall know
the br dal pair who come to the alia'.'’
1 he othtr stranger now spoke deliber
ately but fi--reely
‘ air pre- chef, if you refuse to follow
•os, your life shall atone for it, ’ at the
same time presenting a j istul at the oid
man’s breast.
The old man without speak ng, dtess
ed himsell in his priestly robes, aud toi
-1 ,wed them. Rapidly and in silence
j utey passed tinough the sleepitig village
I u,wards ill ehureti As the old mutt
! nj.ploactied it, lie saw that it was bill
iiainij ilgllted np
Wueu tuey reached tbe door, his guides
anuaged ins eyes, and bliudfo.ded he
erueieu me ehurcit. As he entered, he
■ heard the suppressed murmur of .many
| voices speak ng, as it appeared to him, in
j an it, known tongue, and felt that lie was
led t .rough a thick crowd of people who
lie per e.ved fell back as he advanced.
When tne bandages were removed, he
found himself staudmg betore the altar
wnere lie had o ten ministered The oid
uian i*as bewildered at the events which
; were trat,spiring about him It seemed
to him that the church was indeed filled
witit a thick cro -'d of men, foreign in ap
pearance, who now preserved a deathlike,
sileuce. He looked around tor the bride,
at the tar,her end of the church he tiio’t
he saw tbe form of a woman, and a sltud
dering came over him when he saw half
way up the broad central aisle what seem
ed to niiu a newly dug grave. The old
mau threw himself upon a chai , and cov
ered his face with his hands. The stem
voice of the stranger who had first accos
ted him aroused him, commanding him
to pro eed with the marriage ceremony,
The preacher raised himself and stood
before the bridal pair who kueit at the.
a tar, In the bridegroom he recognized
the stranger who had first commanded his
presence at the church Ho was a tail,
firmly built matt, with dark hair and eyes,
strougly marked features, and he had the
air oi oue used to be obeyed. lie was
dressed in a dress of green colored velvet
adorned with jewels, aud upon his bieast
a brilliant star glistened, behind him
stood a mau of a gigantic stature with
folded arms, motionless and iu silence
-1 lie bride also was richly dressed iu
blue coh red robes wbicb hung in grace
, ful folds a.ouiid her delicate limbs On
! her brow was a traders brit'Jiftp’s,—
ft A
CUTIIKICK'S', GA., TUESDAY, NOVOJiUIi 4, I
15tt tlie face of the bride contrasted
strangely with the magnificence of tier
•ippar'el. Her face wore a deathlike as
pect. her eyes were deep sunk in her
head, her arms hung listhssly by her
side, and her whole he ring was tini l of
one over whom a fenr'ul destiny itnpcn s.
Beside her .stood a large fierce looking j
woman whom the preacher had before!
observed At an impatient sign from tlie’
bridegroom, lie proceeded with the mar j
riage rites ; ,ot a souri 1 was held but
tbe deep breathing of the bride, l'lie
j old man demanded the names of the brill
! al pair.
! “N* under and Theodora” was the
j hoarse response of the bridegroom.
‘•'A ilt thon, .Nennder ,” continued he
! “take Theodora, kneeling by thy side, to
J be thy w edde I wife ? ’
j With a voice which rang through tlie
church, like the shriek of a dying man,
■ he answered—
j “Yes.”
“Wilt thou, Theodora, take Xeander
to he thy wedded husband
In a voice hodow and hardly audible,
the bride answered —
“I will.”
The marriage ceremony was concluded;
i the eves of the old man were again bound
and he was led without the church ; his
i first impul.-e was to seek aid from the vil
i lag . but a presentiment of the learlul
j tragedy to bo enacted, andadesiie to see
j the end of these mysterious procedures,
i held him ; and stationing himself in an
angle of the church, he awaited the. end
From within a confused sound, as of a !
multitude in 1 aid contention, came to his!
ear ; then a fearful silence followed, which j
was at leng.th broken by the report of a!
pistol which rang through the church ;!
j then fo.lowed as it were the sound of!
shovels at ivtiik in the sand. In about a
| quarter of an hour the lights wetc extin
! guished, :n and the who e multitude einerg
j ing fiom the church, hastened noiselessly
towards the sh re. The old man, worn
with intense excitement, hi-tened to the
village, amt rousing his neighbors, briefly
! narrated o them the events of the past
j night.
These simple people were bewildered
Iby what they heard, and .-o improbable
I and terrible did tlie o!d man’s story seem
(to them, that t.iey were at first inclined
I to bolinvo that he had lost Ilia reason. -
I At last, however, they were persuaded to
accompany him to the church. As th. y
ascended the hill in the dim twilight
which pret and a tlie day, they pi iveivcd a
(urge vessel under full sail, s'nitdmg from
li e shore low rds the north ; a.at their
belief in their pastor’s st- rv s rength
ened, when tiie'y found tmit the b li of
the church door had been with tioleiice
bn.-1,1 11
They en'ere-l the church, and by the
direction of the old man, they proceeded
to remove the ‘tone which covered the
place where the grave had been dug. On
removing it, low in tie grave, a richly
adorned box disclosed itselt to the eyes of
tlie gazers, With the assistance of Ids
parishioners, t e pus lor raised <t from the
grave and removed the cover ; his worst
fears were realized. V\ ithm lay the bride,
pale in death, yet a heaven y beauty dif
fering itself over her features- arrayed in
her 1 r dal dres-, But the diadem of bril
liant- which had enciich and Inr bron , was
gone -he hud ben shot through the
lienr : thrilled with ho ror, the paity left j
th church The pastor enjoined upon j
ihose accompanying him, tlie most pro i
found silence with regard to what they
had seen
He immediately laid the necessarv in
formation before the proper authorities
at Copenhagen, ami a suitable per-ou was
sent to investigate tiie affair. But no
races of tiie perpetrators of this dark
murder, could be found. The only suppo
sition wtdeli could be made, was that the
murder might be connected in some way,
with those conspiracies and resolutions
which followed the drarii of Peter the
Great, and Catharine his wife, But of
thi, nothing could be determined with
certainty— the whole matter has ever
been shrouded iu deepest mystery.
The honest fishermen of Corlstadt w ere
filled with terror at the public announce
ment of the strange event which had tran
spired in their midst, and to this hay, the
mothers of Corlstadt are wont in the
glooin of tlie summer twilight, to relate
to their shuddering children, the story of
“ Tht ~\ly,tenous Wedding.' 1
Hons —We hear of no improvement
whatever in hogs, says the Louisville
Courier, for the approaching packing sea
son. The farmers generally are pretty
firm, having a good store of old corn on
hand, aud asking five cents gross for their
hogs for early delivery This is equal to
about six and one-half cent net at the
packing bouses, while buyers are offering
six cents net with no sales reported.
The son! needs a certain amount of in
tellectual enjoyment, to give it strength
adequaie for the dady struggle iu which
itisiiiY^ed
NO PROSCRIPTION FOR OPINIONS’ SAKE.
From i Sj>ir iof tliu South.
All Add cos*
T.i the citizens of Eufiuta, qnd the ad
joining counties of Alabama and Gear
gin
An effort is now being tnndc to extend
, the South-Western Railroad, by u branch
j from Cuthbert , On., to Eufaula, a di
| tance oi twenty-five mile ; tho under
signed dee u it a proper occasion to ad
id ress the citizens of Barbour, nnd adjoin
ing comities of Alabama and Q .-orgia o:i
the subject, aid by a fair elucidation of
facts, presout to them the Vital import
ance ‘ f aiding the enterprise, and t>y
united effort, secure the advantages of a
Railroad communication to the Atlantic
In doing this, we propose dividing the
subject into three distinct parts, viz :
Ist. The security of the investment.
21 Iho difficulty and risk that Mer
chants ore subjected to in the purchase of
cotton, without facilities for reaching a
good market, and trie consequent loss to
the planter.
ad. The interest and duty of the Far
ming community of tiiis sec ion of country,
to aid iu seeming this Rail Rond—the
success of which will esiabl sh iu their
own neighborhood not only good cotton
market, hut also tv produce nnd provision
Market for the sale of all surplus raised
by them,
Then to return to the fir-t propositi m.
‘‘The security of the Investment” For
tliis we refer you to the accompanying
Annual Report of the Com; any, show- i
i ing that H per cent. ;ier annum, is declar- I
led to the stockholders annually, and paid
; twice a year, that is every sx months, |
j besides a reserved fund kept for repairs ;
j iu addition to this, the business character
and integrity of tlie South Western Rail
lload, tire not excelled by any Company
in the United states. K. R. Ctiyler,
Eaq , the President of this Road, is also
President of the great Central Road of
Georgia, as well as President of the Rail
lloud aud Banking C lnpiiuy - thus show
ing the entire confidence of Lite ‘urge 1
coimne cial capitalists and other intere-ts
of Georgia and Savannah, in li is manage
ment. We therefore recommend the in
vestment m stock of the South Western
Road a- -a;e and prolitnhle, w th a lair
piospectof til imately paying a largely,
iucreasud divide and
We now recur tt the second ‘proposi
tion. “The disadvantages that Mer
chants in your section of country are la
boring under, and the consequent loss io
die Farmer.” A Merchant purchasing
cotton in any inland market, for instance
Eu.atda, where there is tio d.Vect coin
mtuii ntioii - ith the Atlantic market is
siiiij. ct to the following incumbrances—
He draws money at GO <ud 90 days, to
pay lor tne cotton, then puts it iu store,
jtuyi g pm Imps three months expenses of
storage, together with insurance the same
length of time. V\ herens, f there was
a Railroad communication, the merchant
would draw tus bill on Savannah at 10
days or even less—would purchase olie
day aid forward the next, and by this
muons would avoid nearly ah the interest,
i suianee, and warehou-c account, and
would lie thereby eunablcd to pay the
tanner more for his cotton, and yet anise
as much for himself a.- In- oTierwise Would
have done, buying under the above dis
advantage, witu the additional risk of
i holding, the merchant can..ot be justly;
j i)lamed lor iow prices.
We now come to the third j ropositiou.
“ Ihe interes and duty of the farming
community to aid in building the Road,
&e.” We here submit the foil wing
among many reasons to substantiate this
position : Extend the Nout’n Western
Railroad to Eufuula, as proposed, and
you place its cotton buyers on the same
footing with those of Columbus, and as
both would ship to the same market, Sa
vannah, no advantage could accrue to the
one, that would not to the oth-r. Hence
the price of cotton at Eufaula would al
ways equal that at Montgomery or at
Columbus, or any other inland town
Again, there are other advantages to the
buyers of cotton where they have Rail
road facilities, not generally known to
persons unacquainted with the details of I
t ade. The home manufacturers of cot
ton are generally the main purchasers
early iu the sea-on—the Savannah and
Charleston markets are the most conve
nient from which to supply themselves,
being but a few days run to either place
from the northern cities ; hence, orders
are sent to CMuinbus, for instance, for
thousands of bales, because their Rail
road enables tbe buyer to forward thro’
to bavaiuiah without delay, any purchas
es he may make. An advent ge that
would tall to our lot had we a communi
cation witii Savannah, and not only that,
but being in the centre of the cotton belt,
cotton shipped at Eufaula, would by its
conceded superiority, command a prefer
ence over that shipped at other iuland
points.
You will at once perceive that no such
advantage can re-ult to any merchant oi
biner iu jour section of country. He
cannot jjpet orders of ctton to fill, simply
j from the fact that lie cannot foivvard the* |
, article to supply the demand.
• J Another Important consul* ratiptialnim# i
• • your attention Having deinot a rated !
j that by the proposed connect!’ n ,: ufn ,a 1
[ can give as I igh n price, c • ven higi
i for cotton ns any it*la .1 market, it lev
. lows that the counties can be much bit
ter subS'Tved nt Enfmin than mv inter
, mediate point on a Railroad. WV rtfei
. pa: licularly to tlie medium c 1 - ,<-I farm-1
jers. who prefer taking tlmir w teams j
■aid hauling their urth les ho: ( ..*, ••• jmr-!
’ ing freight and other expe.ir.ee. nt.''t there* j
|by lessen the income of their crop while!
, |at the same time their tennis are idle at i
j home. To make tills point nn re appa-j
[rent, let us suppose A. B. starts witn Ins
I team uud tin mis, and hauls Ids cotton to
[some intermediate point on a Rn lro and,
puis it in store until he gets a sufficient
i"t together to send to the place of sale
He then a'afts to market and pais the
freight on his cotton, sell- the same, pnr*
ch ises his necessaries, paying all tl o ex
i ponses on tliem buck to the starting point,
and is then compelled to use his team to
liftul them home. Me submit, if it. is not
more probable that A. B. would find it
to his interest to go to Eufuula at once,
prices being equal.
Again, the last and most important
consideration to the people of this icgion,
is to build up a large commercial point in
their own in d-t. Extend tho •Nou li
V\ estern Road to Eufaula, and yon se
curea iurge population. You bring cam
iinercial facilities to your own door—as a
I people you build up a market for your
own inteiest, where corn, fodder, provis
ions, poultry, ami every article tho cora-
Imuinty could spare, would find sale ; you
aid in bringing capital and wealth from
oilier sections, to relieve yourselves in the
heavy taxes you are now paying. Man
ufactories would spring up in our midst,
with profit to their owners an I the com
miinity—the resources of our peoples
would be stimulii'cd, and their ineaiis
concentrated at home, instead of building
up distant communities, where correspon
ding advantages are not even looked for.
We again submit to tlie people that eve
Ty consideration’ of patriotism, self inter
est, a just regard for the mass ‘s of our
own extuns ve community, together with
. a sense of right, requires ol each in-livid
uni to ttiil in the enterprise.’
M hen we reflect upon the fact, that
from the ciiy of S ivannah to Uuthbei t, in .
Georgia, a distance of near 300 miles, a ,
line of Railroad costing over Four Mil- ,
lions Do lars is already p ovideri for, and
that our section, by aiding to build 25
miles of Road can place itself in direct [
eotnmnnicl’iou with Savannah, a perma
nent c tton market, connected with a line
ot shipping, by which cotton can be sent,
forward to the New and Old World with
out delay or stoppages, and with greatly 1
reduced r.Te of insurance, arid in the
same way, goods brought back to us In !
view of this, we do not hesita’e in the .
belief that our patriotic citizens will re- 1
-pond to a call for the protection of th ir
own nciuliborhoid.
This is a plain, practical scheme, and
unlike many others, ca; I‘ies its own proof
to any investigating mind, as h safe in
vest meat, practicable in execut on, at and
beneficial in it results We therefore
ask you to study the-e view< carefully,
consider what you owe to e. c i other as
! members ot one community, and disre- 1
the counsels of those wi.o endeavor
to neutralize or alienate your feelings,
and create discord aud and sseiisions among
you upon these vital interests.
JOHN G. t-HOR ER,
and 50 others
Cows Milked by Machinery.
A gentleman in this State hits invented
a novel apparatus for milking c -ws, which 1
is intended as an assistance to dairy i
nmtds. The milking is doth* by means of i
a crank attached to a shaft, on which
are four Clastic aims of steel, the end of
which are furnished with rollers. On one
side of the ring in which rollets move, i
there is an elasdc pocket info which the i
teat is placed. The back of this pocket
is stiff", so that where the rollers revolve
| they will come in contact with the front
1 part of the pocket it with the
teat against the back part. The tent
thus ptessed is relieved of its miik, which
flows down through the pocket and thro’
a hollow case of the instrument iuto a
tube, and thence into the milk-pail".
We suggest as nn improvement to the
invention the attachment ol a music-box,
to be operated by the main shaft, in such
a way as to discourse sweet melody du
ring the delivery of the milk. Few ani
mals at e insensible to the charms of mu
sic, and even meets are said to lend a will
ing ear. Uuder its fascinating influence
the old cow may be expected to stand
perfec ly stilt, while the flies, forgetting
to bite, will buzz around with joy.
A colporteur cal od at the American
Tract Suck tv for a bundle of tracts, and
required those most suggestive ol death-1
when someone referred him to the rail
mad tracks, and immediately made tracks
1 himsell. t
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miscellaneous.
Fgypfiati Pyramids.
| With what amazement did wo srf'pv
the vast surface that was presented i” m
when we arrived at th s artificial iiinua
tain, which seemed to reach tho clou 1-
Ifero und there appeared some Arab
gfe'dt s tqaji the immense misses above
j® like so many pigiuic-, waitin’ to -ho
Ki,e way tw the summit. Already
(ofou? party had I’C.'.un the ascent, and
i were j musing at the trciuondipiis
1 which they saw below,
j One 1 1 our military companions, after
; having surmounted tho most difficult part
of the undertaking, bccanm giddy iff Con
sequence of looking down from the eleva
tion lie had attained ; and, being cdnrtpe l
ed” to abandon the ptoject, he hired np
Arab to assist him iu effecting his descent.
The rest of us, more accustomed to the
huisine-s of climbing heights, with many
a halt for resp ration, and many an excla
mation of wonder, pursued our way to
wards the summit.
The inode of a-vent Ima been frequent
ly described ; aud yet, from tlm questions
that are often proposed to travellers, it
docs not appear to be generally under-,
.-too i. The read’r may imagine him-clf
to be upon a R’airose, every -tup of which
to a man of middle stature, ia nearly brea-t
high, ami the breadth of each step is
equal to i s height. Consequently tin:
footing i secure ; nnd, although a retro
spect in going up bn sometimes fearful id
per-ou unaccustomed to look down from
auy considerable ‘levation, jet there ik
little danger of falling
In some places indeed, where the stories
are decayed, caution may bo required,
and an Arab guide is always necessary
to avoid a total interruption ; but, on tho
whole, the in-ans of ascent are such that
almost every one may accomplish it.—
Our propress w as Impeded by other caus
es. We carried with ns a lew instru
ments, such as our boat compau?, a ther
mometer, a telescope, etc.
Th- se could not be trusted in the hands
of tlie Arabs, and they were liable t> bo
broken every instant At last we reach
ed the topmost tier, to the great, delight
and sat i faction of all the purty. Uni
we lound a platli fm thirty-two tot t square
coiis sting of . -te large stones, each of
which might weigh about a ton, although
thev are much inferior in size to somie fit
the stones used iu the construction of tlna
pyramid.
It at eliers of all ages, and of various
nations, have here inscribed their names.
Some nro written in Greek, many iu
French a few in Arabic, otic or two ini
English, mid others in Latin. We word
as desirous as our predecessors to leave a
memorial of our arrival. It seemed to
be a tribute of thankfulness due for the
success of our undertaking, nnd present
ly every one of our party was seen busied
iu adding the inscription of Ins name.—
H L). Clarke.
Dismiss that 1100.-Judge Dooly of
Georgia ws remarkable for his wit, as
well as for other talents Atone place
where he attended court, he was not well
pleased with his entertainment nt tho
tavern On the first dv of his arrival a
hop—inder the name of pig-had been
cooked whole and laid upon die tabic.—
No ptrs m attacked it. It was brought
the next day aud the next, and treated
with the same respect —and it was on the
ia! K- the day the court adjourned As
the party finished dinner, Judge Dooly
rose fiom the table, and in a solemn man
ner addressed the e!erk : “Mr. Clerk,”
•h ud lie, “dism ss that hog upon his own
recognizance until the first day of next
court He has attended so faithfully du
ring the present term that I can’t think
it wdl be necessary to take any security ’’
We love upright men. Pull them this
way and the other, and they mil* trend —
they never bleak. Ttip tin m down, and
in a trice they are on their le*-1 again
IVury them in the mud ‘and in an hour
thev would be out and blight. You can
not keep them down —you cannot destroy
them. They are the salt ol the earth.—
Who but they start any noble project ?
They build our cities whiten oceans with
•heir sails, and blacken the heavens with
tlie smoke ol their cars. Look to them,
young man, and catch the spark of their
energy.
The man who, when there is a domes*
tic storm steps in between man and wile,’
is as bad as he who, when it’s raining vi
olently. walks between two dripping umU
breilas, for begets protected neither (rorn
one or the other, but bn tbe contrary
catches it from both sides.
The wave of prosperity had risen up to’
his very lips, and its ripples were ferever
breaking there in a succession of eu.-y
smiles
The secrets of touth — A lady nev* r
knows how young site looks! until she hm
Iliad her portrait painted
