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BY J. P. SAWTELL. E. H. PURDY, Manufacturer of Sales, Harness and Trunks, And Wholesale and Retail Dealer In All kinds of Sadlery Ware, Corner of Whitaker and Bryan Sts., SAVANNAH, GA. Oiders for Rubber Belting, Hose and Packing; also, Stretched Leather Belling, Hilled promptly. sepl7-6ra t. J. GUILMARTIN. JOHN FLANNERY. L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO., Cotton Factors, AND General Commission Merchants, Bay St'., Savannah, Ga. Agents for Bradley's Super Phos phate of Lime, Powell's Mills Yarns and Domestics, etc. Bagging, Rope and Iron Tics, al ways on hand. Usual Facilities Extended to Customers. sepl7-fiin A, J. MILLER H CO., FURNITURE DEALERS, 150 Broughton Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. WE HAVE ON HAND, and are con tinually receiving, every variety of Parlor and Bedroom Sets, Bureaus, •Washstands. Bedsteads, Chairs, Rockers, Wardrobes. Meat Safes, Cradles, Looking Glasses, Feathers, Fcatheibcds, Pil llair. Moss, Shuck and Excelclor Matrasses on hand, and made to order. Jobbing and Repairing neatly doce, and with despatch. We are fully prepared to till orders. Country orders promptly attended to. All letters of inquiry answered promptly. scpl7-6m. MARIETTA MARBLE YARD. J AM PREPARED TO FURNISH Marble, Monuments, Tombs, Head and Foot Stones, Vaces, Urns, Vaults, etc., At very reasonable terms, made of Italian, American and Georgia MAM B L. E . IRON RAILING Put Up to Order. For information or designs address me at this place, or DR. T. S. POWELL, Agent, Cuthbert, Ga. Address, J. A. BISAWER, sepl7 6m Marietta, Ga. GEORGE S. HART & CO., Commission Merchants, And Wholesale Dealers in Fine Butter, Cheese, Lard, etc., 39 Pearl and 28 Bridge Sts., N. Y. Butter and Lard, of all grades, put up in every variety of package, for Shipment to Warm Climates. sepltfmi* REED&CLARKE, No. 22, Old Slip, New York, DKALEIIBSw PROVISIONS, Onions, Potatoes, Butter, etc. sept.l7-6m ELY, OBERHOLSTER & CO., Importers and Jobbers in Dry Goods, Nos. 329 tfc 331 Broadway, Corner of Worth Street. Aew York. iisl IMWaTER WHEEL, Mill Gearin&Shaftm§& Pulleys 3 , oolE«Hl)#%lMoßis' '.r FORACIRCULAR_J^' GEORGE PAGE a CO. No. g N. Schroeder St., Baltimore. ' Manufacturers of PORTA.BI.K ANT) STATIONARY Steam Engines and Boilers PATENT IMPROVED, PORTABLE Circular Saw Mill Gang, Malay and Sash Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Timber Wheels, Shingle Ma ohiaes, &«. Dealers in Circular Saws, Belt ing and Mill supplies generally, and inxnuiac tm-er’s agents for Lettel's Celebrated 1 urhine Water Wheel and every description of Wood Working Machinery. Agricultural Engines a Specialty. Send for destri, tiCatalogues & Price List. sep!7 ly. CUTHBERT W3m APPEAL. Farmers’ Warehouse, CUTHBERT, GA. J. M. REDDING & CO., Proprietors. WE TAKE THIS METHOD of inform ing the citizens of Randolph and ad joining counties, that we have put onr Ware house in a goo J state of repair and are still in the WAREHOUSE A\D COMMISSION MM, And have ample arrangement* for the Storage anil Sale of Cotton aid other Supplies. Truly grateful for past favors, and with a full consciousness of having done our duty to patrons in the past, and a determination to do so for the future, we hope to merit a full share of public patronage. Cash Advances on Cotton and Goods in Store. As we intcud to close oat our Sto k of Dry Goods, we will give our entire attention to a strict and close WAREJIO USE B USINESS. A full assortment of PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES always on hand. Our Patrons will he furnished with ample accommodations for Stock and Teamsters FREE ! I©"' Consignments solicited. sepl7-tf J M. REDDING & CO. J AS. S. ANTHONY, " Manufacturer of Plain Tin Ware, And Dealer in Stamps, Japannefl ai Planished ware, Wood Ware, And all other Goods generally kept in a first-class Tin House. Roofing, Guttering, Job Work And Repairing Generally, Promptly attended to. J. S. ANTHONY, East side Public Square, octSct Cuthbert, Ga. ELDER & BROWN, MASTER BUILDERS, CUTHBERT, GA., ARE prepared to erect, at, short, notice, first class STORES. PRIVATE DWELL INGS, CULVERTS, etc., etc., from beauti ful native Rock, quarried from an inexhausti ble bed of the material, within a half mile of the out skirts of the city. Either Tin or Slate Roofs Supplied If desired, and both Wood Work and Mason ry warranted to be of the best description. For particulars inquire, of eitiier of the firm. JOHN ELDER, sep24 ly JAMES A BROWN. PALMER & DEPPISH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN HARDWARE, RUBBER BELTING, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead. 148 Congress 4 67 St. Julian Sts,, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. net 1-6 m Crockery and Glass Ware. A full Assortment of Granite anti C. C. Crockery, And many useful Articles of GLASS WARE, Just received and for sale by JAS. S. ANTHONY, At. His House Furnishing and Tin Store East Side Public Square, octSct Cuthbert, Ga. HAVE ON SALE A large Stock TOILET SOAPS, WASHING SOAPS, STARCH. , BLUING, Violin STRINGS, Guitar STRINGS Musical Instruments CUTLERY, CURLING IRONS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Etc., For sale by T. S. POWELL, Trustee, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. COOKING and HEATING STOVES, And COOKING UTENSILS Os every description, with a great vaiiety of House Keeper's Goods generally For sale at the Tin Store of J. S. ANTHONY, octßet Cuthbert, Ga. CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870. A HOME-MADE FERTILIZER, For #3S. To Planters : Having received many inquiries relative to chemi cals and other material for Fertil izers, we propose to furnish them the coming seasons, and have pro cured a formula, which _ has been used in this and other sections with most satisfactory results, being ful ly equal in effect to those Phos phates w hich cost the farmer §75 to S9O per ton. It is composed of Sulphate of Lime, Dissolved Bones, Sulphate of Soda, Nitrate ot Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, Common Salt and Potash. To save trouble, we have made arrangements to furnish these arti cles mixed and ground together, put up in packages sufficient for one ton, at a cost of $32, leaving the farmer simply to mix it with muck or dry swamp earth. We can also furnish the chemicals separately, for those who prefer formulas dif ferent from ours. The formula, with directions, will be exhibited to any one calling on us or any of our authorized agents. Planters have now the opportunity of knowing exactly what they are buying and can protect themselves from impo sition. We have appointed agents at all the principal towns, who will take orders and give information in regard to the compound. L. W. HUNT & CO., WHOLESALE PR UG GISTS Macon, Ga. The Cheapest And Best BY 100 PER CENT, Extract from the Report of a Com mitteei, consisting of 3lessr.s. H. A. Clinch, R. B. Baxter and Frank White, appointed by the Hancock County Agricultural Club, on Fertilizers : “Your Committee, having again carefully inspected the results upon corn and cotton, of the Home-Made Fertilizer, beg leave to report our examination of the experimental plat, of Mr. R. Papuan, at White Plains, Greene County: these pick ings we carefully weighed and noted. Three rows, each 18S feet, fertilized with lot manure, weighed 42 pounds, cost per acre, #l9 80. Three rows, each 190 feet, fertilized with Pen dleton Manure, weighed 42 pounds, cost per acre, #l9 80. Three rows, each 188 feet, fertilized with Peru vian Guano, weighed 31 pounds, cost per acre, #22 50. Three rows, each 186 feet, fertilized withHoMß- Made Fertilizer weighing 40 pounds, cost per acre $9 00.— Three rows, each 186 feet, fertilized with Sea Fowl Manure, weighed 43 pounds, cost per acre, #23 03. Three .rows, each, 186 feet, fertil ized with Hoyt’s Superphosphate, weighed 35 pounds,’cost per acre, #2l 00. “The Committee are universally of the opinion that the number of unopened bolls on the Home-Made Fertilizer were in excess of the other Fertilizers.” The formula for Home-Made Fer tilizer, mentioned above, is the same as published by us, and we will take pleasure in exhibiting it to planters and giving all necessary informa tion in regard to it. We are pre pared to furnish the chemicals, &o. with directions how to make it, at a cost of #32 00 per ton. In order to insure prompt delivery, orders should be sent in early. Address, Very Respectfully, L. W. HUNT & CO., Druggists, 82 and 84 Cherry St., MACON, GA. Agent at Cuthbert, T. S. Pow ei.l, Trustee. nov2s-6m ~~ A LARGE SUPPLY Linseed Oil—Boiled & Raw. Paints, Colors, Varnishes, SPIRITS TURPENTINE, TRAIN OIL LUBRICATING OIL, Best Quality Kerosene Oil, Sweet Oil, Castor Oil, Fine Sewing Machine Oil, etc., At the Drug Store of j. j. McDonald Be sure to at J,J ' McD ONALD’S l it'’SSp Drug Store, tcZMF&a&D*' On the South-east cor ner of the Square, and you shall not go away dissatisfied, either as to prices or articles. 0e129-ly A ineg’ar Bitters, IIOSTETTER’S « c PLANTATION «‘ SOLOMON’S ‘ ‘ LI PHAN’S ‘ ‘ WARD’S EUREKA ‘ ‘ For Sale by j. j. McDonald. L. S. JAIIOT, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Is at his old stand, (opposite Gillespie’s Saloon) prepared to do work of all kinds in his line, at satisfactory prices, Watches that have been in Miy possession twelve months, unless taken out immediately will be sold for repairs All work warranted. FARMERS Take Notice FULGY SUPPLIED TOR THE ILL TRADE! Burdick Bros., «3 THIRD STREET, MACON, GEORGIA, (On the North Comer of the Alley above Hardeman & Sparks’ Warehouse.) Have a Large Stock of Bacon, Flour, Mfeal, Salt, Arrow Ties, BAGGING, BAGGING TWINE, CORN, OATS, HAY, Lard., Hams, Sugar and Coffee, FISH, in all Sized Packages, Etc., Etc., Etc. We are prepared to fill orders as Low as Any House In this market, and we respectfully refer to all who have favored us with their patronage for the past five years, regarding our promptness and fidelity. Respectfully soliciting the trade of our old customers, we hope to gain many new ones this seasoD, and will use our utmost exertions to PLEASE ATT.. BURDICK BROTHERS. octl 3m BAFHSf FEMALE COLLEGE, Cuthbert, Georgia. THE Board of Trustees take pleasure in announcing, for tile benefit of all con cerned, that- they have secured a corps of ex perienced and competent Teachers, to take chaige of the above named Institution, and that its exercises will be resumed on MONDAY, January Bth, 1871, Repairs have already been commenced on the Building; which will be pushed forward rapidly to completion. Board in good famlies can be secured at from fifteen to twenty dollars per month, in cluding washing, fuel and lights. Tuition about the same as in other Institu tions of like grade. The city of Cuthbert is easy of access, and proverbial for its health and refinement. It is therefore a desirable place of residence for persons wishing to educate their families. For particulars, apply to novlß-6t W. B. SEALS, President Lumpkin Telegraph, Americus Republican, Dawson Journal, Albany News and Bain bridge Argus, please copy and send bill to this office. IF YOU WANT A KICE CHEAP DAMP, Os any size or style ; or if yonr old Lamps Need New Burners, Chimneys, or WichLs, Go to J. J. MCDONALD'S oct29-Iy DRUG STORE. HARDEMAN & SPARKS! WE deem it wholly unnecessary to inform the PLANTERS of Middle and South western Georgia, that we are still engaged at our Old Stand in the WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS, where for bo many years we have served yon as Factors and Commission Merchants. We have left no stone unturned to aid you in carrying on your farming interest, and in turn we now bespeak a continuance of the very liberal pat ronage extended us in the past. Your cotton shall be weighed on the level, sold and ac counted for on the square. By closely guarding your every interest, we intend to merit your patronage. To our old friends of many years standing we return onr grateful acknowledgments ; to new ones who may try us, we promise our best efforts—backed by the experience of many years to serve them faithfully and well. Orders for supplies will meet with prompt attention. O. G. SPARKS, sepl7-3m T. HARDEMAN Jr. JOKES & ELDER, Brick and Stone Masons, CUTHBERT, GA., KEEP constantly employed a competent force of first-class Mechanics, and are prepared to execute work in Stone or Brick at short notice aud moderate rates. nov2s-6m Bemember, r’ is my DETERMINATION to keep EV ERY ARTICLE usually kept iu a First-Class Drug Store, octv9-ly J. J tycDONALD. ®!\t dntjjktt Upfal. Terms of Subscription: One Year. ...$3 00 | Six Months $2 00 invariably in advance. £3F“ No attention paid to orders for the pa per unless accompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising : One square, (ten lines or less,) $1 00 for the first and 75 cents for each subsequent inser tion. A liberal deduction made to parties who advertise by the year- Persons sending advertisements should mark the number of times they desire them inser ted, or they will be continued until torbid and charged accordingly. Transient advertisements must be paid for at the time of insertion. * Announcing names of candidates for office, $5.00. Cash, in all cases Obituary notices over five lines, charged at regular advertising ra*eg. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of Corporations, So cieties, or individuals, will be charged as ad vertisements. Job Work, such as Pamphlets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc., will be execu ted in good style and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to the Proprietor will be promptly attended to. Lines. BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE. Sweet moon, I love the, yet I grieve To gaze on thy pale orb to-uight; It tells me of that dear eve I passed with her—my soul’s delight. Hill, vale and wood and stream were dyed In the pale glory ol tby beams, As forth we wandered, side by side Once more to tell love's burning dreams. My fond arm was her living gone, My hand within her hand was pressed, And love was in each earnest tone, And rapture in each heaving breast. And many a high and fervent vow Was breathed from her full heart and mine, While thy calm light was on her brow Like pure religion's seal and sigu. We knew, alas ! that we must part, We knew we must be severed long, Yet joy was in each troubled heart, For love was deep and faith was strong. A thousand memories of the past Were busy in each glowing breast, And hope upon the future caet Her rainbow lines—and we were blest. 1 crave a boon—Oh ! in that boon There was a wild, delirious bliss— Ah, didst thou ever gaze, sweet moon, Upon a more impassioned kiss? The parting came—one moment brief Her dim and fainting form I viewed— ’Twas gone—and there I stood in grief Amid life's awful solitude. Tell me sweet moon, for thou can’st tell, It passiou still unchanged is her— Do thoughts of me her heart still swell Among her many worshipers ? Say, does she sometimes wander now, At eve beneath tby gentle flame, To raise to heaven her angel brow And breathe her absent lover's name ? Oh when her gentle lids are wet, I pray thee, mark each fulliuggem, And tell me if my image yet Is pictured tremblingly in them ! Ay, tell me, docs her bosom thrill As wildly as of yore for me— Does her young heart adore me still, Or is that young heart changed like me ? Oh let thy beams, that softest shine, If still my love to her is dear, Bear to her gentle heart from mine A sigh, a blessing, and a tear. Fruit as a Medicine.— The worst case of dyspepsia can be cured without the least particle of medicine, simply by eating nothing in which lard is an ingredient, using butter sparingly, eating bread made of unbolted flour, and making free use of fruits, especially apples. In fact most persons would be much better off if they ate meat only once or twice a week, and used fruit and vegetables instead. Pork and lard are great promoters of dyspep sia, and fevers and bilious diseases are fed by keeping up bodily heat of mid-winter through June and Ju ly, August and September, but nev-. er changing our diet from the heavy meats of January. An eminent French physician says that the de crease of dyspepsia and bilious af fections in Paris is owing to the increased consumption of apples; a fruit he maintains, which is an admirable preventative and tonic, as well as a very nourishing and ea sily digested article of food. The Parisians devour one hundred mill ions of them every winter, and we doubt not that these statements are perfectly correct. In fact instances have come under our observation where fresh fruit had an immediate effect in checking bilious tendencies in individuals, and we have heard of whole districts where bilious dis eases become prevalent u on the failure of the fruit crop. Fruit growers may, therefore, count upon a constantly increasing demand for the products of their orchards and gardens, as the health-giving prop erties of fruit become known. One measure in which ail civ ilized nations agree—The church yard. Why don’t farmers like a bad summer ? Os course it goes against the grain. Doctors talk about paying their visits when at the same time it’s their visits that pays them. A man’s credit must be bad indeed when lie can’t even borrow trouble. From Arthur's Ladies’ Magazine. What Five Dollars Paid. Mr. Herriot was sitting in his of fice one day when a lad entered and handed him a small slip of paper. It was a bill for five dollars, due to his shoemaker, a poor man who lived in the-next square. “ Tell Mr. Grant that I will set tle this soon. It isn’t just conven ient to-day.” The boy retired. Now, Mr. Herriot had-a five dol lar bill in his pocket; but, he felt as if he couldn’t part with it. He didn’t like to be entirely out of money. So acting from this im pulse, he had sent the boy away.— Very still sat Mr. Herriot for the next five minutes; yet his thoughts were busy. He was uot altogether satisfied with himself. The shoe maker was a poor man, and needed his money as soon as earned—he was not unadvised of this fact. “ I almost wish I had sent him the five dollars,” said Mr. Herriot at length, half audibly. “ He wants it worse than I do.” He mused still further. “ The fact is,” he exclaimed, starting up, “ It’s Grant’s money, aud not mine ; and what is more, he shall have it.” So saying, Herriot took up his hat and left the office. “ Did you get the money, Charles ?” said Grant, as. his boy entered the shop. There was a good deal of earnestness in the shoemaker’s tones. “ No, sir,” replied the lad. “ Didn’t get the money ?” “ No, sir.” *“ Wasn’t Mr. Herriot in?” “ Y T es, sir; but he said it wasn’t convenient to-day.” “Oh ! dear, I’m sorry !” came from the shoemaker, in a depressed voice. A woman was sitting in Grant’s shop when the boy came in; she had now risen, and was leaning on tho counter; a look of disappoint ment was in her face. “It can’t be helped, Mrs. Lee,” said Grant. “ I was sure of get ting the money from him. He never disappointed me before. Call in'to morrow, and I will try and have it for you.” The woman looked troubled as well as disappointed. Slowly she turned away and left the shop. A few minutes after her departure Herriot came in, and after some words of apology, paid the bill: “ -Run and get the bill changed,” said the shoemaker to his boy the moment his customer had departed. “ Now,” said be, as soon as the change was placed in his hands, “ take two dollars to Mrs. Lee, and three to Mr. Weaver across the street. Tell Mr. Weaver that lam obliged to him for having loaned it to me this morning, and sorry that I hadn’t as much iu the house when he sent for it an hour ago. “I wish I had it, Mrs. Elden.— But I assure you that I have not,” said Mr. Weaver, the tailor. “ I paid out the last dollar just before you came in. But call in to-mor row and you shall have money, to a certainty.” “ But what am I to do to-day ? I haven’t a cent to bless myself with; and I owe so much at the grocer’s, where I deal, that ho wont trust me for anything more.” The tailor looked troubled, and the woman lingered. Just at this moment the shoemaker’s boy enter ed. “Here are three dollars Mr. Grant borrowed of y’ou this morn ing,” said the lad. “He says he’s sorry he hadn’t the money when you sent for it a while ago. How the faces of the tailor and his needle woman brightened in stantly, as if a gleam of sunshine had penetrated the room. “ Here is just the money I owe you,” said the former, in a cheerful voice, and he handed the woman the three dollars he had received. A moment after he was alone, but with the glad face of the poor wo man, whose need he had been able to supply, distinct before him. Os the three dollars received by the needle-woman, two went to the grocer, on account of her debt to him, half a dollar was paid to an old and needy colored woman who had earned it by scrubbing, and who was waiting for Mrs. Elden’s re turn from the tailor’s to get her due, and thus be able to provide an evening and a morning’s meal for herself and children. The other half dollar was paid to the baker when he called toward evening to leave tho accustomed loaf. Thus, the poor needle woman had been able to discharge four debts, and at the same time re-established her credit with the grocer and baker, from whom came the largest por tion of the food consumed in her little family. And now let ns follow Mrs. Lee. On her arrival home, empty-handed from her visit to the shoemaker, who owed her two dollars for work, she found a young girl, in whose pale face were many marks of suf sering and care, awaiting her re turn. The gill’s countenance brighten ed as she came in ; but there was no answering brightness in thecoun tenance of Mrs. Lee, who immedi ately said—“ lam very sorry, Har riet, but Mr. Grant put me off un til to-morrow. He said he hadn’t a dollar in the house.” The girl’s disappointment was very great, for the smile she had forced into life instantly faded, and was succeeded by a look of deep distress. “Do you want the money very badly ?” asked Mrs. Lee, in a low, choked voice, for the sudden change in the girl’s manner, had affected her. “Oh ! yes, ma’am, very badly. I left Mary wrapped up in my thick shawl, and a blanket around her feet to keep them warm; but she was coughing dreadfully from the cold air of the room.” “ Haven’t you a fire ?” asked Mrs. Lee, in a quick, surprised tone. “We have no coal. It was to buy coal that I wanted the money. Mrs. Lee struck her hands to gether, aud an expression of pain was about passing her lips, when the door of the room opened, and the shoemaker’s boy catne in. “ Here are two dollars. Mr. Grant sent them. “ God bless Mr. Grant!” The ex clamation from Mrs. Lee was invol untary. On the part of Harriet, to whom one dollar was due, a gush of silent tears marked the effect this timely supply of money produced. She received her portion, and, without trusting her voice with words, hur ried away to supply the pressing want at home. A few doors from the residence of Mrs. Leo lived a man who, some few months before, had become in volved in trouble with an evil dis posed person, and had been forced to defend himself by meaus of the law. He had employed Mr. Herri ot to do what was requisite in the case, for which the charge was live dollars. The bill had been render ed a few days before, and the man who was poor felt very anxious to pay it. lie had the money all made up to within a dollar. That dollar Mrs. Lee owed him, and site had promised to give it to him du ring this day. For hours he had waited, expecting her to come in ; but now had nearly given her out. There was another little bill of three dollars which had been sent in to him, and he had just conclud ed to go and pay that when Mrs. Lee called with the balance of the money, one dollar which she had received from the shoemaker, Grant. Half an hour later, and the pock et book of Mr. Herriot was no lon ger empty. His client had called and paid his bill. The five dollars had comeback to him. The Josh Billings Papers. TBE FOX. Os all the beasts who roam the hill tops, or clime the planes, there iz none who makes so few blunders, and so many good hits as the fox. His shrewdness is more than a match for the lion’s strengh, his logick is more than a match for the malice of the wolf, and his polite ness and deference makes him the fop and gentleman of the forest. The fox iz a literary cuss ; he haz been the hero of history, fable and song, from the fust dawn of oral or written knowledge. He waz a poet, skoller and sage before the days of Homer and Herodotus, and now, in our times, he iz the Ben Butler ov diplomacy and the Brig ham Young ov matrimony. The fox iz purely a game bird. It costs on an average fifty dollars tew ketch him, and when he is caught he aint worth more than ten shil lings. He follers no regular bizzi ness for his sustenance, but lives on the changes and on his w ts. He’s a flesh-minded sinner, and his blandness iz too much f or the quaintness ov the goose, the melan koly reserve ov the rooster. They awl neei tew the logick ov his tongue, and fiud thcirselfs at rest in his stummuk. He lovs ham and green peas, but will diskouut the peas rather than loose his dinner, and will go a mile out of his way to be polite to a duck or goslin. Bat the most lively trait in the fox is his cunning; lie alwus petty fogs his own ease and wins a great deal oftener than he loses. Foxes are not like men, kritters ov habit; they never do a thing twice with the same figures, and often alter their mind before they do a thing once. This iz tho effekt ov two mutch genius. There iz this difference between genius and common sense in a fox; common sense is governed bi cir cumstances, but circumstances iz governed bi genius. The fox has no moral honesty, but he haz got a grate supply ov politkal honesty. If another fox in his parish wants a phatt goose, he will work hard and get the goose for him, and then clean the meat all oph from the outskirts ov the goose petty-fogging the case, and give his politikal friend the bones, and tell him, with a smile in the left corner ov his eye, that “ev erything is lovely and the goose hangs high.” Foxes hav leant this piety’ from watching men git geese for each other, and if the animals don’t want their piety tew git sour they must keep away from the men weekdays. The fox iz congenial in hiz tem per; he iz no hermit, he don’t git mad at society bekause they don’t flatter him, and pitch headlong into solitude, and chaw rutes, and drown out his stummuk tricing to drink a a spring dri, and think he iz virtu ous bekauz there aint any chickens in his naborhood to steal. The fox is tow mutch ova polyti cian to invest his religion in enny such indigenous trash. He knows that society has claims on him, and are indebted tew him for sum goose, YOL. V-NO. I and expekt tew oe for several more. This iz a noble trait in the fox, and shows that he aint a child ov ingrat itude. Foxes cum out ov the ground, but whether they are made ov dirt I kant swear with much certainty. They cum out ov the ground through the instrumentality ova hole, hut whether the hole begins at the surface and runs into the mountain, or whether it begins in the mountain and runs tew the sur face, don’t make a cusid bit ov dif ference. But philosophers hev argued about this hole Dizziness for years, sum ov them say it runs in; and sum of them be darned if itdnx; and right here we can sec the atnax ing difference between tie logick of the philosophers. While they stand fiteing at the mouth ov the hole, the fox iz stealing their ducks and goslins. If eunybody feels as though they had enny reasonable doubts about the genius ov a fox, let them look at one in liis innocence, chained at a post. Let them notis iho small verti cle head, the little unesy eye, the pert ear, alwuz on end, the smirk ing countenance, the lean and lithe body, the anxious spirit leaking out at evry pore, royal marks of tha cunning rogue. Foxes are like cunning men—• they hav but few brancs, and but a small place to keep them, but what few they hav got are like angleworms in hot water— full ov anxiety and mizery, Cunning iz a branding iron ; the letters on it are small,but always red hot, and they read thus— Look out for the fox.—A r . Y. Weekly. Fifteen Follies. First—To think that the more a man eats, the fatter and stronger he will become. Second—To believe that the more hours children study at school the faster they learn. Third—To conclude that if exer cise is good for health, the more vi olent and exhausting it is, the more good is done. Fourth—To imagine that every hour taken from Bleep is an hour gained. Fifth to act on the presumption that the smallest room in the house is large enough to sleep in. * Sixth—To argue that whatever remedy causes one to feel immedi ately better is “good for the sys tem,” without regard to more ulte rior effects. Thg “soothing syrup,” for example, does not stop the cough of children, and does not arrest diar rhea, only to cause, a little later, alarming convulsions, or the more fatal inflammation of the brain, at least, always portraits of the disease. Seventh—To commit an act which is felt in itself to be prejudicial, hoping that somehow or other it may be done in your case with im punity. Eighth—To advise another to try a remedy which you have not tried on yourself, or without making spe cial inquiry whether all the condi tions are alike. Ninth—To eat without an appe tite, or continue to eat after it has been satiated, merely to gratify the taste. Tenth— -To eat a hearty supper for the pleasure experienced during the brief time it is passing down the throat, at the expense of a whole night of disturbed sleep, and a weary waking in the morning. Eleventh—To remove a portion of the clothing immediately after exercise, when the most stupid drayman in New York knows that if he does not put cover on his horse the moment he ceases work in the winter, he will lose him in a few days by T “phneutnonia. Twelfth—To contend that because the dirtiest children in the street, or highway’, are hearty and healthy, therefore it is healthy to be dirty ; forgetting that continuous daily ex posure to the pure, outdoor air in joyous, unrestrained activity, is such a powerful agent for health, that those who live thus are well, in spite of rags and filth. . Thirteenth—To presume to repeat later in life, without injury’, the in discretions exposures, and intem perances which in tho flush of youth were practiced with impunity. Fourteenth—To believe that warm air is necessarily impure, or that pure cold air is necessarily impure, or that pure cold air is necessarily more healthy than the confined air of a close crowded vehicle ; the lat ter, at the most, can only cause fainting and nausea, while entering a conveyance after walking briskly, lowering a window thus while still exposed to a draft, will give a cold infallibly, or an attack of pleurisy or pneumonia, which will cuiso weeks and mouths of suffering, if not actnaly death within four days, Fifteenth—To “remember tho Sabbath day” by’ working harder and later on Saturday’ than on any other day in the week, with a view to sleep late next morning, and stay ing at home all day to rest, con science being quieted by the plea of not feeling very well. llow to take ink out of linen — jerk an editor out of his shirt. We’d sooner be possessed of divers pearls than of pearl divers. Why is the world like a p : ano ? —cause it is full of sharps and flats. Why are elections like tents ? Because the canvass ends at the polls.