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People Will Talk.
You may get through the world, but ’twill
be very slow,
If you listen to all that is said as you go }
You’ll be worried and fretted, and kept in a
stew,
For meddlesome tongues will have some
thing to do,
For people will talk.
If quiet aod modest, you'll have it presumed
That your humble position is only assumed ;
You’re a wolf in sheep's clothing, or else
you’re n fool.
But dou't get excited, keep perfectly cool,
For people Will talk.
If generous nnd noble they’ll rent out their
spleen,
1 oil'll hear some loud hints that you’re pel
fish nnd mean.
If upright, honest, and fair as the day,
They’ll call you a rogue in a ply, sneaking
way,
For people will talk.
And then if yon show the least boldness of
heart,
Or a slight inclination to take your own part,
They will call you an upstart, conceited and
vain,
Blit keep straight ahead, don't stop to ex
plain,
For people w ill talk.
If Ibreadbare your drees, or old fashioned
your bat,
Some oue Will surely take notice ol that,
And hint rather strong that you can't pay
your way,
But don’t get excited, whatever they Fay,
For people will talk.
If yon dress in the fashion don’t think to es
cape.
For they criticise then in a different shape ;
You're ahead of your means, or your tailor’s
unpaid ;
But mind your own business, there’s naught
to be made,
For people will talk.
Now. the best Way to do is to do as you
please,
For your mind. IF you have one, Will then be
at ease,
Os course you will meet with all sorts of
abuse.
But don’t think to stop them, it ain’t any
use.
For people will talk.
Female Society. —What is it
that makes all. those men who as
sooiate habitually with women su
perior to others who do not ? What
makes that woman who is accus
tomed and at ease in the society of
men superior to her sex in general ?
Solely because they are in the habit
of free, graceful, continued conver
sations with the other sex. Wo
men, in this way lose their frivoli
ty* their faculties awaken, their del
icacies and peculiarities unfold all
theli* beauty and captivation in the
spirit of intellectual rivalry. And
the men lose their pedantic rude,
declamatory, or sullen manner.—
The’coin of the understanding and
the heart changes continually.—
Their asperities are rubbed off,
their better materials polished and
brightened, and their richness, like
the gold, is wrought into finer
workmanship by the fingers of wo
men than it ever could be by those
of men. The iron and steel of
their characters are hidden, like the
Character and armor of a giant, by
studs and knots of good and pre
cious stones, when they art not
wanted in actual warfare.
Polite -UxTiiUTits.' —When you
have put yourself a little out of ‘the
way to accommodate a friend, in
replying to bis expressions of re
gret at giving you trouble, it is not
necessary to say “0, it is not the
slightest tfduble at all—it was per
fectly convenient.” It is quite as
polite to answer, ‘‘l am most happy
to have been able to.render you any
assistance, as you ought to he if you
felt properly upon such matters. A
little fact and discretion, united
with that kindly feeling td hll
around you, which constitutes the
basis of Bound mortality, as well as
true politeness, will always enable
you to avoid giving offence, without
compromising your conscience.
Grignon.
It was a pleasant day in my life
when I was thrown into the compa
ny of Grignon. I was on ray way
to California, and had taken the
overland route in preference to any
other. It was on ray journey
across the plains that I made his
acquaintance. Our party overtook
a single wagon. It contained a
solitary man. The horses were
dead, and the man nearly so. This
man was Grignon. I paid the ut
most attention to his -wants. Being
a medical man, I -gave him all the
benefit of my skill and care. As
he recovered he naturally entertain
ed a strong friendship for me. Ilis
wagon had fallen behind the train to
whiefy he belonged, and they had
been compelled by their own neces
sities to desert him.
The conjuror, however, was des
tined for a far more glorious fate
than to die miserably in the deso
late American desert. lie was to
become an astonisher to the natives,
(Indians) a savior to civilized lives,
and a lion in California.
We resumed our journey. We
had started, however, like many
others in those days, with insuffi
cient preparations. As soon as we
found out our mistake, we had to
be very economical in our provis
ions. Me killed buffaloes whenev
er we found them, and always re
plenished our water casks at every
stream. At length we came to a
dry and parched waste, where
there was scarcely a drop of water,
scarcely a blade of grass, and not a
.single living animal of any descrip
tion.
And now began the troubles of
our journey. We had come into
the country of the warlike Indians,
and they were not slow to acquaint
us with the fact. Every day they
prowled around us in great num
bers, threatening and insulting us.
Occasionally they used to snatch up
something and dart away on their
fleet horses. We did all that wo
could to be friendly, and deterniin
ed to avoid an open rupture as far
as possible, for there were only
twelve on our side, and on their side
apparently twelve hundred.
Every day, however, only made
matters worse. In spite of our pre
cautions, the Indians grew more
and more abusive and insulting.—
We became watchful, and tried to
bo more forbearing, but our for
bearance was taken for cowardice,
and the savages began to think
that tile} 7 could do anything with
us.
We held a council of war, and
determined to bring matters to a
crisis at once.
The crisis soon came.
One day a big Indian came ri
ding along by us. He began talk
ing in a contemptuous way, and
gesticulating furiously. At last he
asked one of our men for his gun.
The man refused. The Indian
repeated his question, and attemp
ted to take the gun from his hand.
The man drew back. The In
dian sprang yforward, flourished his
knife and threatening. At this
the man calmly levelled his piece
and shot the Indian through the
heart.
As the wretch fell shrieking from
his horse, the plain seemed to be
alive with other Indians. From be
hind every clump of trees, every
hillock, every rock, anil every rising
ground, they poured forth in count
less numbers. We had never be
fore seen so many assembled to
gether as now.
And now our companion, the con
juror, came out conspicuously. He
had been once in the French army,
he said, and understood all its ad
mirable discipline. A few words
of warning,.and a short explanation,
sufficed to make us form a circle of
the wagons, and draw up behind
them, with baggage heaped up for
breastworks. There we waited for
the savages.
But they* did not come just then.
With loud whoops and screams
they gathered upon the plain at a
distance from us. The wretched
cowards as soon as they saw our
slight preparations, were actually
afraid to attack.
They waited till night.
Night came. Our defenses were
made. Our wagons were arranged
more closely', and the barricade of
baggage was made higher, deep,
and more effective. In the centre
were onr cattle. Behind this little
fortification we now awaited our
foes.
Shortly after dusk the tramp of
thousands of hoofs shook the plain.
Down upon us thundered the Indi
ans. Shouts and yells burst around.
On they came, nearer and still
nearer.
We waited in breathless suspense.
At last our volley burst in thun
der upon them.
Shrieks arose front amidst the
gloom We saw not what the ef
fect of our shots had been but
could only conjecture that it had
been deadly'.
There was a wild uproar—the
confused sound of trampling horses,
the noise of men calling to one an
other, intermingled with groans
and cries of pain. Without giv
ing them time to recover from their
confusion, we poured in another
volley, and yet another, loading as
rapidly as*we Could; and firing re
volvers where we had them.
The effect was terrible Many
must have been wounded or killed,'
judging ff*om the uproar that arose.
For a time there was a confused
hubbub of sounds. Houses were
tramping, men calling; groans were
mingled with cries of rage. Du
ring all this time we fired at inter-
vals whenever we heard a sound,
husbanding onr ammunition, and
not willing to waste a shot.
At last there arose a wild tramp
of horses, the sound moving away
from us, and seeming to show that
our enemies had retired baffled
from the assault.
Yet we were afraid of some plot:
Grignon made ns keep our watch,
and all that night we lay on our
arms, expecting every moment to
hear the Indian yell which announ
ced the assault of the savages.
After a long night, which sec m ed
interminable, morning dawned. As
the light illumined the wide plain,
we looked around anxiously for our
enemies, but saw none whatever.—
IVe took a hasty breakfast, and
then deliberated on what we ought
to do—whether to take advantage
of tliis respite and move on, or
wa it a while. Most of us thought
we had better hurry on; but Grig
non gave it as his opinion that the
Indians were yet in the neighbor
hood, and were waiting to attack
us on the march. He thought that
it would be better to wait at least
another day. We yielded to his
opinion, and waited as best we
could.
M r e did not have long to wait.
, After a few hours, at about ten
o clock, ten or a dozen horsemen ap
peared over a hillock in the distance,
riding slowly toward us.
“They wish to have a parley,’
said Grignon. “Some of you step
forth and see what they want. I
wish to have a little to say, but will
wait.”
One of our men was selected,
and went outside of our enclosure
to meet them.
Meanwhile, Grignon lifted a trunk
out of the wagon which belonged
to him, drew it outside, and busied
himself coolly i n arranging and
turning over‘the things." We all
thought this was <lone to assume
an air of indifference. So none of
us noticed him particnl ai ly.
Our representative stood outside
waiting for the Indians. Ten of
them dismounted, and walked to
ward us in a friendly manner, while
the rest held the horses.
One of them addressed our men
in broken English.
I he Indians he said, did not want
our lives. They wanted powder.
It we would give them what we
had, they would let us go in safety,
and protect us from other tribes till
we got beyond the plains.
Give them our powder ! A pleas*
ant request. It scarcely needed de
bate. We refused.
Well, then, would we give them
our bullets ? They were very much
in want of bullets.
One of U3 said in a law taice
that bullets were the only thing
they wotlhl. gel from us, but the
Indians did not hear him. Our
representative refused very mildly.
r i he ludians now stood talking
with one another. Grignon advan
ced toward them. lie whispered
something in alow voice to our rep
rcsentalive who immediately with
drew.
Grignon then stood facing the
Indians.
“Are you the captain ?” said the
spokesman of the Indians, suddenly,
as he noticed Grignort. .
“No; lam the medicine man;
you can’t shoot these men or these
horses; I save them.”
The Indian translated this to his
companions, who burst into roats
of laughter.
Grignon advanced more closely,
lie was looking steadily at the In- f
dian, and we noticed that the lat
ter appeared to be uncomfortable
under his gaze.
“See,” said Grignon, “you can’t
shoot me. Here,” —and he drew a
pistol from his pocket, a revolver—
, fire at me.’
The India’n smiled.
“You don’t want me to kill you ?”
said he, scornfully.
“You can’t.”
The Indian’s eyes flashed.
“Shoot!” cried .Grignon, folding
his arms.
The Indian hesitated a moment,
lie looked at us suspiciously. Then
he looked at his companions, and
said something in their own lan
guage. They all responded vehe
mently.
The Indian took aim.
“ You toll me to shoot,” said he.
“Shoot !’’ said Grignon, again.
The Indian tired.
Grignon smiled, and walking for
ward to the Indian, he handed him
a bullet.
TheTndian looked paralyzed.
Grignon showed him how to fire
again.
The Indian fired the other five
shots.
Grignon caught each bullet, some
times seeming to catch it from his
breast, sometimes from bis face, and
each time he handed it to the Indi
an.
[The other Indians were noW in a
state of wild excitement.
“They may all shoot if they
choose,” said-Grignon ; ard saying
this he went to his trunk, drew out
nine pistols, and coming up to them
proceeded to load each one. He
took the powder and put it in, tlifcn
the wadding and bullet and the In
dians saw him do it. He handed a
pistol to each on loading it. Sud
denly one of these took aim,
and fired. Grignon; without seem
ing to have noticed him, raised hit;
haiid, and seemed to catch a bullet
from his forehead. He tossed this
toward the Indian, wlio picked it
up with an air of stupefaction.
Then he stood, and told all the
rest to fire.
Eight reports sounded in rapid
succession.
Grignon took off his hat, and
walked up to the Indians. To their
amazement eight bullets were in
his hat. Each man took and look
ed at it in wonder;
“Do you want to nre again?
asked Grignon.
They all expressed a wish to do
so.
“Well, hand me the pistols,”
To their amazement the pistols
were gone.
They looked at one another in
wonder. •
“You see,” said Grignon, “they
fired the pistols at me too; and I
swallowed them.”
“Swallowed them !” faltered the
Indian, and he told this to his as
tonished companions.
“Yes, do you want them ?”
The Indian nodded.
Whereupon Grignon opened his
mouth, and rolling back his eyes,
he inserted his fingers and dreVlr a
pistol apparently from his throat.—
Another followed. Then he drew
forth a third then a fourth, and so
on until he had drawn forth the
eight pistols from his throat, while
the Indians stood looking on in ut
ter bewilderment. And no won
der, for we ourselves felt no less as
tonishment. We could not account
for it; we wore as much stupefied as
the Indians themselves.
After this Grignon calmly drew
forth six or eight more pistols, then
a number of cartridges and finally
a carbine.
“I’m the medicine man,” said he,
solemnly.
The Indians said not a, word.
“Do you want to fire again ?’•’
said he, and he offered the pistols
to the Indians.
They all shrunk back in horror.
Grignon tossed the pistols, car
tridges and carbine over to us, and
smiled benignantly upon the aston
ished savages.
He then shook his hand.
A knife fell out of the palm.—
Another followed, another. He
shook three more out of his left
hand, and drew a score or so out of
his ears.
“Perhaps yon would like some-
to drink ?” said he smilingly,
to the Indian who spoke English.
The savage looked at him suspi
ciously.
“What’ll you have ? Rum, bran
dy, gin, whiskey, ale, porter, wine
or cider ?”
The Indian brightened up, and
spoke to his follows. They all pre
ferred whiskey.
Grignon asked the Indian to lend
him a loose blanket which ho wore
The Indian took it off doubtfully.—
Grignon shook it; a bottle rolled
out. lie shook it again ;'-a glass
fell out. lie shook it a third time;
nine more tumblers fell out. Fi
nally, he shook it again, a cork
screw tumbled down.
“Will you take it raw or with
water !” asked Grignon; as he pro
ceeded to unscrew the cork.
The Indian said nothing.
“Isn’t it good whisky ?” asked
Grignon as he poured out a glass.
The Indian smelled it suspicious
ly. Then he tasted it. The taste
was enotigh. He drank it all olf,
smacked his lips, looked around tri
umphantly on his companions, alid
then held out his glass for more.—
At this all the other Indians, en
couraged by this experiment, clam
ored for some. Grignon poured
away from his bottle. Each one
drank and wanted more. Grignon
was quite willing to pour. He was
not forgetful, however, # of the du
ties of hospitality. He walked off
to the Indians who were holdirig the
horses, who had been watching the
scene in stupefaction, and offered
some to them. The smell of the
whisky was enough for them
They drank and wanted more.”
But Grignon shook his head.
“Not now,” he said to the
spokesman. “I’ll give you a bottle
apiece to carry home with you.” —
And going up to the blanket he
shook out a dozen bottles of the
the same kind as the last.
By this time the Indians were in
the jolliest mood conceivable.
Before I give you any more, said
he, “let me make you so that you
will not get drunk.”
lie w T alked up to the first Indian,
and took his hands in each of his,
and looked at him steadfastly in
the eyes for some time. Then he
stroked his brows and left him;
this he did to each. The Indians
had got over all suspicion, and
merely expected that something
good was coining. So they allowed
him to do as he chose.
Grignon then stood off a little dis
tance, and in a loud voice ordered
them all to look «tt him.
Whether they understood it or
jiot made no difference. They cer
tainly all did look at him v
I had seen plenty of experiments
before in mesmerism and electro
biology', so that the - present scene
did not surprise me so much as it
did my companions and the Indians.
Grignon simply stood at a His--
tance, waving his arms at times; and
giving words of command. Every
word w'as obeyed.
First they all began to dance.
Then they all knelt down:
Then they all touched hands, dud
could not sever themselves from one
another’s contact. One Indian sud
denly rushed wildly around, with
the others all joined to him, trying
to free themselves, but utterly un
able, yelling and howling like wild
beasts: ...
At last, a shout from Grignon,
the charm was dispelled. They
sprang back froril one another, and
stood tliotionless, like so Many stat-
nes.
Suddenly they all began to shiver
as though they were suffering from
intense cold. ’ They gathered their
blankets closely around them, their
teeth chattering, and every limb
trembling.
In an instant they were panting
as though suffering from extreme
heat, drawing difficult breaths,
gasping and flinging off those blan
kets which but a moment before
they had wrapped so tightly about
them.
This then passed.
They began to bark like flogs.—
They went down on all fours,' and
evidently imagined that they were
of the canine species.
Then they tried to imitate the
motion and croaking of frogs. Af
ter this they weut through perfor
mances too numerous to mention.
At one time they became rigid, and
arranged themselves like the Btakcs
of a tent- heads together, feet out
ward. Then four of them knelt
down and tried to run about with
four others on their backs; then
they all jumped wildly up in the
air, and began to flap their hands.
At last*they made a furious onset
upon one another with fists nails
and teeth, and if they had not left
their weapons behind, they certain
ly would have done some frightful
injury.
The two Indians, who held the
horses looked on in horror, bewil
dered and stupefied, not knowing
what to do. They would have fled
in their fright, hut dared not leave
their comrades behind. Grignon
stood calm, with frowning brows,
watching the uproar himself the
presiding spirit of the scene. My
Companions were confounded.—
Even some of those, as they after
wards told me, thought that Grig
non was the devil.
At last Grignon gave a loud shout.
The Indians fell flat on the ground.
They lay there for some time as
if dead.
Then Grignon waved his arms
and they rose to their feet. All
looked bewildered and frightened.
With terrified glances they regarded
first Grignon and then one another.
The Indian is superstitious, like
all savages ; in fact, like all human
beings. These men saw in Grignon
a terrible Demon, who could exert
over them any power which he
chose.
He advanced toward them.
They recoiled.
He walked up nearer.
They turned and ran toward their
horses.
Grignon ran after them.
In a frenzy of terror, each mail
flung himself upon his horse.
Grignon shouted after them.
Away they went. They urged
their horses at the top of their
speed.
Grignon followed them but a
short distance.
Then he turned back, and came
into our incloSure.
“Gather up those bottles,” said
he. “Tackle up the cattle and lot’s
be marching.” ,
Instantly our men arose and
obeyed.
Grignon took a heavy glass of
whiskey, and then lay down in one
of the wagons, utterly exhausted.
Wc travelled all that day and all
the next nfght, unmolested. Grig
uon slept long and soundly. After
resting for a time; we pushed ori
our teams, bo as to get as far be
yond the hostile Indians as possible.
We saw nothing more of them.
“They 7 won’t dare Jo ‘pursue us,”
said Grignon, confidently. “They’ll
go back and toll such a story as will
be the wonder of the savages for
many a long year.”
Grignon was right. Not only
did they not pursue us, but, for all
thb remainder of the year, and for
all the next, no travellers on that
route were molested.
“I don’t see,” said I, “how you
managed to do those tricks on the
open ground, without any table.”
Grignon smiled.
“Only clumsy performers use ta
bles,” eaid he. “I could have done
far move wonderful things, but they
would have been thrown away on
those savages. I’ll reserve my good
tricks for San Francisco.”
And so he did; for, of ail the
wizards, magicians and conjurors
that have visited the Golden State,
none evel* won such fame, or exci
ted such wonder, as my friend Grig
non.
Economical Generositt. —Per-
haps the best instance of economi
cal generosity on record is that of
the old lady who told the preserver
of her life that she would not di
minish the reward heaven had in
store for him by offering him any
thing in this world. There are
quite a number of good pious peo
ple iu every community who would
be likely to infinite the old lady’s
example under similar circumstan
ces. However, we do not intend to
Breach a sermon on the subject., but
merely to reproduce a little anec
.dote which we find in the Troy
Times. A few days since a certain
lan-er-beer proprietor of that city,
who is noted for his closeness, lost
his pocketbook, containing upwards
of £6OO. A young man had the
good fortune to find it, and discov
ering the name df the owner upon
some papers in the pocketbook, he
returned it to him safe and sound.
The gratified Teuton, after counting
the money and finding that it was
all right, thus addressed the finder:
“Bob, you is one honest man. I
tells you- what I’ll do—l’ll shake
you for the lager.'”
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llow long can a goose stand
on one foot? Try it—that’s the
way the goose found out.
“My dear girl, will you share
my lot for life?” “How large is
your lot, sir?”
The young lady who wrote
some verses about her birthdayj
which she entitled “May 30th,” was
astonished to find that the printer
had made Jier say “My 30th.”
“llow do you defiine “black as
your hat’?” said a schoolmaster - tti
one of his pupils. “Darkness that
may be felt,” replied the youthful
wit.
lf you would relish your food}
labor for it j if you would enjoy
your raiment, pay for it before you
wear it; if you would sleep sound
ly, take a clean conscience to lied
with you.
An tudiana oditor saysthalhß
now believes in total depravitv, as
some wreteh lately stole liU only
pair of boots, which will confine
him to the house till the opening
of the barefoot season.
The following verdict of a
Jacksoti county, Florida jury, in
the case of a negro woman charged
with larceny, is worthy of being put
upen record: “Wc, the jury find
the prisoner not guilty, but believe
she stole the collards.”
Ala California fair, recently,
several bottles of strained honey
were put on exhibition, when a chap
put a bottle of caster oil with tfitj
rest. The opinion of all who tried
It was that the bpe that lUid it was'
a fraud.
—A New Hampshire farmer
wanted a farm hand, and was ap
plied to by an Irishman who want
cd to work. The farmer objected
to engaging Pat on the ground that
two Irishmen previously in his em
ploy had died on his hands.
“ Then you object to hiring mo
for that,, do ye?” said Pati-y 1
“ Faith, and I can bring you ricom
mendations irom many a place I’ve
worked that I never played such a
trick !”
I&3L, General Braxton Bragg has
brought suit in the United Stated
Circuit Court against parties who
live in France, for possession of his
old Greenwood plantation, claiming
SBO,OOO damages for destruction of
projierty, and also for 587 shares*
each for 8100, of stock in the Citi
zens’ Bank of Louisiana.
Good Advisers. —They tell oE
the three hundred delegates that
assembled in Agricultural Conven
tion in Macon that three fourths Os
them visited that place for the pur
pose of buying corn. If so, they
ought to be good advisers. The
men who did not raise corn last
year know now what a sad mistake
they made, and will profit by expe
rience.— Coltimbuß Sun.
What a Little Bird Told.—
Before Paris was compelled to
capitulate, her means of communi
cation with the outside world by
balloons and pigeons had been
brought into something like satis
fact >ry system. On the Bth 9th iind
lOlli of January, balloons success
fully left the city, and on the IJtH
a pigeon arrived with dispatches
which, when printed, filled four col
umns of the newspapers, and witji
fifteen thousand messages for pri
vate individuals ! This extraordina
ry compression of mail matter into
so small a compass was due, of
course, to microscopic photography!
but the pigeon certainly deserves
the decoration of the Legion of
Honor.
The Next Cottox Crop.—
Speaking of the next cotton Crop,
the Hew Orleans Picayune says:
“VVe have closely examined dtfr
country exchanges for the last
three or four weeks to ascertain the
intention of the planters with re*
gard to the next cotton crop. Prom
nearly every section of the South
the reports agree in stating that the
acreage under cotton will be large
ly reduced this season. On the
whole we may safely estinriate from
twenty five to-forty' per cent, reduc
tion ifi acreage.
“Planters now fully' recognize the
folly of their action last season in
entirely' neglecting field crops.—•
They have paid pretty' dearly fdf
their experience; and the cotton
crop of the South will henceforth,
no doubt, be kept within the proper
limit of 800,000,000 bales.”
From Washington.— ‘Top,” the
Washington correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
says:
The House Judiciary Committee
have agreed to report an amend
ment to the appointment bill, which
allows entire Legislatures, which
have been elected for this year; td
re-apportion their States for the
election of members of Congress
under the new census. The Geor
gia Legislature then will re-appor
tion the State in November next,
and members Will be at once elec
ted to represent the new districts
which must be made. Georgia will
propably bo allowed two additional
Representatives on account of the
increased population made resident
by the late census. The count of
the negfoes will give more mem
bers of Congress to each of the
Southern StateP.' The last censud
shows that the South has increased
more in population within the last
decade than any other section of
the Union:
