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Each pnptld he present aUlie opening
f «f the Scl»f
The nndi ki having been Vected Presi
dent of AndrVnmle College an old and
iputar I Kn. sends frateml actings
the Collett the South, mikes Ins bow
te the pnbSe solicits eympatiy and a lib
eral share nfnnage.
Summoned high and holy work—that
•f prep»ril^*tind<*«U‘ , heartt'f the you"g
for the burfMid pleasures, oys andsor
' rows of life-will call to h assistance
the best edneof the country *n«i address
himself to Unit with all the eul and in
dustry that command, should time,
whose verclictwoo, demonstete that he
cannot presidtb dignity Sd success
ful he isincai of impartial nstruct ion—
that he is is • the proper *ce—that A.
K. C. does nefcrn a gubstani equivalent
to its pat rone Pr.-eideni ill abandon
he enterprise refund all images reli-
dians wisl* to educate
sirls should t 4-et our heallul locality,
refined sods cifinodlous atWvell ventila
ted buildupbefcful groundmagmficeni
grov., ana 0 ji^hee,
Vreßi.l A F. C.
Cuthberla., Au| 16th, 187 if
plaibsTarejdse !
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W of Hidolpftud adjacent
countiestat E. McDon* haicted anew.
large aSCommodious t reltte, on depot
Street, #fch side of and nb thiblie square.
The loepn being more etratid near the
businedtart ot the city, %\ «|!c us to of
fer mafmore inducement!,,, planting
public In heretofore—wv^ e will be
pleased meet with onr im 1g o |d plnnt
fng friep and customers b«nany, many
B *We*hie ample arrange “Sr ttie recep
tion and
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Storae ot Cotton|H.
Thankai tor past fa 'J or 4je, with in
creased ai vtnt ages to
give gcneVil a libera
patronage. Tht^^Bjß^^Bmmereial
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> for all impurities of the blood, or
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■ the foregoing complaints
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CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1872.
“Cheer Him.”
Some simple tale of patient love,
Os an unconqnered will,
Ol home-life in oar own dear land,
Hath power onr heart to thrill;
And we, who do not care to read
How warriors foaght of old,
By story of so me loving heart,
And firm, strong bands, are held.
Once read we how the flames enwrapped
A home at dead of night,
And of one little child that slept,
Forgotten in tbe flight.
With beating heart and tear-wet eyes,
A throng of mother* came ;
The story ran from lip to lip,
As swift as leaped the flame.
White faces lifted, half in gloom,
Like lilies on a pond ;
Babes, steeping sate in sheltering arms,
Were clasped with love more fond—
As mothers thought of flames auear
Oue tiny nestled head.
Tbe red tongues lap the crevices,
And curl anear the bed.
Firm hands have set the ladders np,
Strong teet ecsay to climb ;
Oue fireman near tbe window-sill
Is with tbe smoke half blind.
Tbe slender ladder bends and sways,
He falters. There ontrung
A sudden cheer from those below,
And uow those bauds have won.
Tbe smoke-wreathed window, and quick
feet
Have passed the open sill.
Ah ! now, with mingled hope and fear,
The hearts are almost still.
A moment, and through smoke and flame
Again'the manly form
Shows at the sill, and in the aims
Tbe little child is borne.
Its white robe flits altbrough the dark.
O eyes that welled with tears!
O lips that cheered the baffled one 1
And re-assured with cheers
One faltering heart tfiat life was saved
By eager, out breathed thought—
A wave sent up from hearts below
With humau yearnings fraught.
And many bravo ones falter so,
Erst battling Well and long :
One heart-cheer given, ye loving ones
Who stand among life’s throng,
Might nerve the wearry feet again
Afresh with strength to climb.
Cheer, then, the faltering spirits, cheer,
Er« slips the favoring time.
Adelaide Stout.
The Nose Bleed. —The follow
ing we clip from an exchange,
which is a very interesting fact to
know and remember:—
There are two arteries which
supply the face with blood, one on
each side. These branch off from
the main arteries on each side of
tbe neck, passing over the outside
of the jawbone, about two-thirds of
the way back from the chin to the
angler of the jaw, under the ear,
and running upward toward the
eye. Each of these arteries supply
just one-half of the face, the nose
being tbe dividing line; the left
nostril is supplied by the left artery.
Now, supposing your nose bleeeds
by the right nostril, with tho end
of the forefinger feel along the out
er edge of the right jaw till you
feel the beating of the artery direct
ly under your finger, the same as
the pulse in your wrist. Then
press the finger hard upon it, thus
getting the little fellow in a tight
place between your finger aud the
jawbone. The result will be that
no drop of blood goes into that
side of your face while the pres
sure continues, hence the nose in
stantly stops bleeding for want of
blood to flow. Continue the pres
sure for five minutes, and the rup
tured vessels in the nose will by
this time probably contract, so that
when you let the blood into them
they will not leak.
Bleeding from a cut or wound in
any part of the system may be
stopped by compressing the artery
from which the blood flows. Act
ing upon a knowledge to this sim
ple fact, should occasion require,
may save the life of a dear friend.
Popular Fallacies. —That you
can receive one dollar a day, spend
two and get rich.
That to do a man a favor and
then refuse another won’t make him
twice as mad as if you had refused
him the first.
That when a man presents you a
hound pup that the gift will cost
you nothing.
That when you buy on credit,
knowing very well you can’t be able
to pay, it is not stealing.
That next year the taxes are to
be lighter.
That every other man is bound
to die except you.
That if you have a good cause in
love, war or law, pitch in—you are
bound to win.
That when you buy a horse he
will be certain to turn out as repre
sented.
That if you always say what you
think, you will win the regard of
the entire community.
Now is the time to subscribe
for the Appeal.
From the Waverley Magazine
A LIFE.
BY H. HU ISBELL KANE.
It was a dark, stormy night; the
rain, falling fast, was driven every
where by the fierce gusts of wind
which swept the street. The gut
ters were foaming with muddy wa
ter, and the sidewalk, rough and
uneven, was flooded by the gutters
of the houses. At long intervals
might be seen street lamps, which
lit up a space about themselves,
makeing the darkness seem more
awful by their feeble efforts to
pierce it. Such a night as this, a
bright fire and cozy room would
seem doubly pleasant, for the fierce
wind and drenching rain, chilled
and wet one to the skin.
It was about ten o’clock, aud I
was out in all this pelting rain.—
Perhaps you ask why I was out;
well, I’ll tell you; I came out to find
something to amuse me, and I came
to this, the worst part of the city.—
Ten o’clock, and I was standing in
the door of an old hous.-. The street
was full o’s old and the
scene was one not calculatedto
please the eye at any time, certainly
not on such a dark, stormy night as
this. I watched those who passed—
not much of a task, for they were
“few aud far between.” Now a
coachman, muffled iu a large coat
hurried home, cracking his whip, as
if it had grossly displease him some
time during tbe day, and now that
he had leisure, His whole mind
seemed bent on punishing it. Then
a little fellow, his coat out at the
elbows, his pauts out at knees—and
everywhere else, for that matter —
his hair long and uncombed, hidiug
part of his face, went by, whistling
“Captain Jinks,” or something
meant for it.
I had begun to be tired of waiting
for no one bad passed in some
me) when an old woman hurried
across the street, past me in the
door-way, and up the rotten old
stairs. She had a tattered shawl
drawn tighly about her head, and
her thin, ragged dress seemed no
protection whatever against the in
clemency of tho weather. Impelled
by curiosity and love for adventure,
I followed the old woman up tbe
stairs—and no farther, for thejdjpor
was shut abruptly in my" face,
and I was left standing atone in
the dark hall, whose damp
walls gave forth an order as of the
grave. 1 was at a loss what uo do,how
to proceed; I finally concluded to en
ter and reaching out my hand to
ward the door, knocked, gently at
first, and then louder. There came
uo answer, and summoning up cour
age enough, I opened the door and
entered.
I shall never forget the sad sight
that met tny eyes; upon au old mat
tress, in one corner of this cold,
cheerless room, lay a young woman
beside whom was kneeling the old
woman who had passed me in the
door. The face of the younger might
once have been handsome, but was
now pale and thin, pinched by-hun
ger and wasted by disease. Two
thin hands lay on an old ragged
quilt which served as a covering,
poor as it was. Her sunken eyes
were never quiet, always wandering
around the room. The only furni
ture consisted of a pipeless stove,
covered with rust, a small and ricket
ty table, and a broken jug, which
was used to hold water. The win
dows, stuffed with papers and old
rags, let in the cold rain and chill
ing wind.
As I entered, the two women turn
ed their eyes on mo, and I felt as
though I was an intruder, and some
explanation was necessary, so I
said, —
“I pray that you will excuse my—
my intrusion —” And then I could
get no farther.
The old woman rose from her po
sition by the side of the bed, and,
hurrying up to me said.—
“Who e’er ye moight be, for God’s
sake bring a doctir, for she’s a dy
iu!”
I saw how the case stood, and
hurrying from the cold, cheerless
apartment, hastened down stairs
and out into the raiu. Soon I reach
ed the house of Dr. Creigh, and in
a few moments we were on our way
back to the house. The doctor had
been in such places before, and did
not grumble at the unevenness of
the pavement, or the many pad
dles of water into which we stepped
but, using all speed, soon reached
the ricketty old tenement. Up the
stairs, into the miserable room a
short examination, and, drawing
me aside, he said—
“ She must die before morning.—
God pity the poor thing!”
The old woman caught the tenor
of the words, and, hiding her face
in her hands,she wept. Leaning over
she whispered something to the
young girl,who beckoned feebly for
me to come to her. I did so, and
the old woman told me to lean down
and hear what she had to say. I
leaned over, and the yonng girl
whispered, almost inandibly,—
“Father and mother —West 13th
street.”
I went to the doctor, and told
him, and he consented to wait and
attend to the young girl, while I
went for her parents. I was at a loss
to account for her being in such a
place, and her parents in a comforta
ble home.
I soon reached the house, and,
ringing the bell, inquired for the
master of the house. I was asked
to step into the parlor, but being all
wet and muddy, I concluded to stay
in the ball. Soon an old, grayhair
ed gentleman, made his appearance
and asked me what 1 wished. I
told him of the young girl dying
amongst strangers, in the old tene
ment house. He was deeply moved;
his careworn face was pale and hag
gard, and he looked liko one dying
of some secret grief. He trembled,
bis chest heaved, and one large tear
trembled in either eye. He said, —
“Come in here—come in—my
wife, Mr. Kane, tell her about it.”
I did tell her, and the two wept
and trembled. They rose hurried
ly, and, begging me to excuse them
a moment, left the room to put on
their wrappings, preparatory to go
ing out.
Two years before, Alice Morton,
the only and much loved daughter
of this couple, had met, at a ball,
Edgar Elton, a young man whose
manners aud appearance were quite
prepossessing. He had paid great
attention to her, and site, young
inexperienced, had learnod to lov e
him. He was an orphan, and had
been left quite a property, which
he was fast “running through.”—
Alice was advised by parents and
friends to cast him off, but she lov.
ed him as she loved no one else,and
finally, when her angry farther had
forbidden him the house, had met
him in the garden by night. After
much persuasion, he prevailed upon
her to consent to a secret and
speedjCmarriage. It was just such
a night as this, when, she,
closely muffled, left the * house of
her parents, the home of her child"
hood, arouud which clustered so
many pleasant memories, left her
kind old father and loving mother,
who had cared for her all her life.—
she left them to follow a man she
knew not where; she only knew that
she loved him; that was enough for
her.
She met him at the garden gate
from whence they hastened to a min
ister’s house, and were married.—
They lived in joy and happiness for
some months, but Alice was un
happy at times, for her parents had
sent back, sealed, her letters asking
for forgiveness.
One day, Edgar, at first so fond,
'So devoted, anticipating her every
wish, struck her in the face in a
drunken fit. Day by day he became
colder and more distant,bat one day
She forgot all his sins, and moaned
and wept over his cold body. He
had been shot in a duel,(an uncom
mon occurrence at that time,) and
all that was left of her loved one
lay before her, cold and mute. The
murderer had fled from the country
aided by his friends.
A letter was handed her by Ed
gar’s lawyer, addressed to herself
in case that he shoald fall in the
duel. It told her how he had de
ceived her by a mock marriage, and
a sham minister; that she was not
hisjwife, and he had married her in
hopes of getting at her fortune; he
begged forgiveness for the great
wrong he had done her.
In what agony of grief was she !
At first she could not believe it,and
read and re-read the letter; but eve
ry flimsy pillar of hope and belief
was hewn asunder by the axe of
facts. The property was sold to
pay the debts, and everything, even
her jewelry, was seized by eager
creditors. She was thrown upon
the world, penniless, a world harsh
and unfeeling, earing for no . one’s
losses but its own, sympathizing
with none but those in its immedi
ate circle. No one wanted a young
woman with a cDild at her breast,
no one would trust a woman with
out references, and utterly worn out
she was taken sick. Her child died,
aud was buried by the city—kind
city! She was alone, save for one
woman, who had taken care of her
during her sickness; she was an old
servant who had left her father’s
house with her, and had followed
her through every sorrow and mis
fortune. I have already told you
where she lay, and how near to
death she lay upon her bundle of
straw, and prayed to a God who
does not despise the lowly, and to
a Saviour who would wash out her
sins, wipe away her tears, and take
her to himself.
***** *****
The bright rays of the rising sun
were just glinting along the roof
tops of the rickety tenements of
N Street, when these might
have been seen an aged couple
kneeling beside the straw on whieh
the body of Alice Morton lay. She
had passed from this earth of sin
and sorrow, to a place of rest, free
from care and misfortune, with the
full forgiveness of her sorrowing
parents.
The remains were followed to tbe
grave by but one carriage, and, as
the coffin was lowered, the last
prayet said, and the dull sound of
dirt falling on the coffin-lid was
heard, tho streaming eyes of tbe
aged couple were raised to Heaven,
and from tboir hearts went up a
prayer for forgiveness, a prayer full
<ff sorrow and repentance. Never
can they forget that pale emaciated
face, raised to them that dark,
stormy night, pleading for forgive
ness and a parting blessing.
Iu the graveyard may be seen a
stone, bearing this simple inscrip
tion :—“Alice Morton, Aged 24.
‘Forgive, as ye hope to be forgiven.’
Wedded Love.
BY j. C. WHITTIER.
And if tbe husband or the wife
In home’s strong light discovers
Such slight defaults as failed to meet
The blinded eyes of lovers ;
Why need we care to ask T who dreams
Without their thorns of ro*es,
Or wonders that the truest steel
The readiest spark discloees t
For still iu mutual suffrauce lies
The sceret of good living;
Love scarce is love that never knows
The sweetness of forgiving.
Useful Proverbs —Waste noth,
ing—neither lime, money nor talent.
Always tell the truth; you will
find it easier than lying.
He who gives a trifle meanly, is
far moaner than thotriflo.
A heart full of grace is better
than a heart full of notions.
Men looking at the faults of wo
man should shut their eyes.
If we sieze too hastily we may
have to drop as hastily.
Experience is a torch lighted in
the ashes of delusions.
Prosperity is a blessing to the
good, but a curse to the evil.
Let eveytbmg have its place and
every business its place.
Better be upright with poverty
than be wicked with plenty.
The tenderest heart loves best the
bold and courageous one.
He who laughs at cruelty sets his
heel on tbe neck of religion.
Time never sets heavily upon us
but when it is badly employed.
Whatever you dislike in another
take care to correct in yourself.
Resolve to perform what you
ought and perform what you re
solve.
The stupid great man, like a
clown, gets np only to tumble down.
The Elder Sister. —There is no
character in the home circle more
useful and beautiful than a devoted
elder sister stands side by side
with the toiling mother, lightening
all her cares and burdens. How
beautifully the household machinery
moves on with efficient help. Now
she presides at the tabic in the
mother’s absence, always so neatly
attired that it is with pleasure the
father introduces her to bis guests
as “our oldest daughter.” Now she
takes tbe little troop with her into
the garden, and amuses them so
mother may not be disturbed in her
work or rest. Now she helps the
boys over their hard lessons, or reads
father’s paper aloud to rest his tired
eyes. If mother can run away lor
a few days, recreation, she leaves
hom« without anxiety, for Mary will
guide the house wisely and happily
in her absence. But in the sick
room her presence is an especial
blessing. Her hand is next to
mother’s own in gentleness and skill.
Her sweet music can charm away
any pain, and brighten the weariest
hours.
—A cautious old bachelor, who
knows that the present is leap year,
says, “If you meet a young lady
who is not very shy, you had hetter
be a little shy yourself.”
Somebody says that civilization
is newspapers, Sunday-schools, and
soap and water. What about pan
taloons and things ?
The Pigeons Wonderful
Flight.
jFrom the middle of the Gulf of
Mexico to its coop in Whippa
ny, AT. *T. —Sixteen hundred
miles in eight hours.—Another
astonishing flight to be attempted.
In September last, a certaiu pig
eon was heralded forth as having
been let off the deck of a vessel
near Cape Qateras, and bearing to
its birth nest, at Montclair, a mes
sage from Harry C. Bleecker. The
distance and 6peed said to have
been made by the bird were so great
as to create the gravest doubts as
to whether they had really been
done; but lately the distrust culmi
nated in downright unbelief when
a second bird was made to perform
1,094 statue miles at an average
rate of over 196 miles an hour; and
still a third, a distance of 1,596
statue miles at au average of 202
miles an hour, —the last bird, ap
propriately named “ Typhoon,” ex
hausting itself by the effort, and
blowing out his last gasp as he
reached his uest.
These birds all came from Harry
C. Bleeckor aud to Montclair, and
at once a rush was made to Mont
clair to find the consignee pigeon
man. It got to be quite the thing
for the depot hackmau to be asked
to drive strangers to Henry C.
Bleecker’s; and oue hat.kman is
reported to have driven a stranger
all day, and to the tune of $25,
looking for the mythical H. C. B.
But alas, he was found not. At
the postoffice the official was fain to
confess he knew no such man, and
to add he wished he did, for letters
were accumulating for him, and the
box accommodations for stray let
ters were getting overcrowded. At
last in Montclair forbearance ceased
to be a virtue.andthe man who whis
pered“pigeon”or “H. C. B.” to a citi
zen of that town, did it at the risk
of his life. But when celebrated
pigeon fanciers, men of science,
and others of the believing and un
believing stock, pretty equally mix
ed, began to call at the Daily Ad
vertiser, and ask for further facts,
pointing to the columns of that pa
per from which they had gained
their first information, it became
time for a representative of this pa
per to plunge into the pigeon war.
Not at Montclair, but near
Whippany, a small village some
five miles north of Morristown,
Harry C. Bleecker was found at
last, and proved to be a bright-faeed,
intelligent lad of fourteen, the son
of a farmer. Both Mr. Bleecker
and his son willingly gave all tbe in
formation in their power, and laugh
ed heartily at being told of the ex
citement caused by H. C. B. and
his pigeons.
Mr. Bleecker, having determined
to send Harry on a sea voyage, so
arranged for him with Captain Win.
Bacon, of the brigantine Geoige
W. Chase, and on the Bth of Sep
tember last that vessel sailed from
Pier 17, East .River, N. Y., with
Harry on board, and bound for
Galveston. With Harry was a
small coop, in which were three
slate-colored pigeons, perfect models
of symmetry and beauty. These
were brought to the vessel by a
friend of Harry’s father, a resident
of Montclair, who instructed the
lad to let off a on accom
plishing each 500 miles of his jour
ney. Poor Harry was a landsman
and got very sick ; but on Septem
ber 10th, the vessel being then be
yond Cape Hateras, he scribbled a
note to his father, fastened it to his
youngest pigeon, and amid the sneers
and jeers of the ship’s crew, placed
the bird Tempest on the deck of the
vessel. In an instant it rose per
pendicularly, and when at an im
mense elevation took a direct home
ward course. The captain would
not countenance such folly as let
ting a fine bird be lost at sea, and
did not see it start, but entered the
fact in the log-book to please the
lad. This bird was but six months
old, was a male, and had never had
any practicing flights whatever.—
During its two day’s sea voyage it
had been sea-sick, bad eaten but
little, and was thought too weak to
fly; yet it accomplished its j ourney
with ease, and reached its dove-cot
in the quick time given.
On the 25th, the vessel being off
Key West, tho female bird Tornado
was let loose, and also made a di
rect course, first upward, and then
homeward. This bird was two
years old, and had made short jour
neys around its neighborhood, hav
ing also flown from Troy and Syra
cuse. Dike the first bird, it had
been sick, and refused to eat, and
again captain and crew laughed at
the plucky lad who was so wilfully
NO. 2
slaughtering his pets. Yet the
ship’s log bears tho entry, giving
latitude and longitude, with tbe
hour of the start The bird flew
1,004 statue miles at an average
speed of 196 miles per hour, and
was in perfect condition on reach
ing home, eating and drinking
freely.
On the 21st, the vessel then be
ing in the middle of the Gulf of
Mexico, and 1,596 miles from home
by the Captain’s reckoning, the vet
eran Typhoon was let loose. The
male bird was three years of age,
and had made several trips, flying
last year from Chicago. It had
not been sick at all, but had eaten
greedily all the voyage of pieces of
meat and wheat, with bread crumbs
and anything the men fed to it.—
The crew had become attached to
it, and it was with the greatest
trouble that Bleecker persuaded
them to let him release it. They
were positive no bird could roach
land; but tbe lad determined to
obey orders, and let it go at all
hazards, although in consequence of
a gale blowing off the shore he had
thought it best not to let the bird
go when the vessel was at 1,500
miles distant. Again the entry was
made in the log, the Captain still
protesting against such'foolishness.
The noble bird safely accomplished
its fearful voyage, but after alight
ing at his coop refused food and
soon died of exhaustion, experts
saying that lie had been over-fed
and was too fat His average speed
was 202 miles per hour."
As to the quostion, Were these
flights accomplished ? they may
now be safely believed, the testimo
ny of the Captain and his log all go
ing to prove this. Asa further
proof, however, young Bleecker is
soon to start on a much longer
journey and is to be provided with
a large coop of birds. Among
these are to be Tempest and Torna
do, the latter of which is to be let
loose at five hundred miles distance,
and its owner is prepared to bet
heavily on Its flying the same in
less than two hours. Tempest is to
fly at 1,000 miles, and other birds
at 1,500, 2,000, 2,500, and even
3,000. Experts have denied in to*
to that a bird can sustain itself in
continuous flight over 1,500 miles.
Typhoon has done it, and more too,
and his owner is confident that he
has others of the same breed who
will still furtherjoutdohim.—JVew
arJe Daily Advertiser.
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The Sweetness of Home. —He
who has no home has not the Bwe«t
est pleasure of life ; he feels not tbe
thousand endearments that cluster
around that hallowed spot to fill
the void of his aching heart, and
while away his leisure moments in
the sweetest of life’s joys. Is mis
fortune your lot, you will find a
friendly welcome from hearts beat
ing true to your own. The chosen
partner to your toil has a smile of
approbation when others have de
serted, a hand of hope when all
others refuse, and a heart to feel
your sorrows as her own. Perhaps
a smiling cherub with prattling
glee and joyous laugh, wifi drive
all sorrow front your careworn brow,
and enclose it in the wreaths of do.
mestic bliss.
No matter how humble that home
may be, how destitude its stores, or
how poorly its inmates are clad;
if true hearts dwell there, it is yet
a home—a cheerful, prudent wife,
obedient and affectionate children,
will give possessors more real joy
than bags of gold and windy honors.
The home of a temperate, indus
trious, and honest man will be his
greatest joy. He comes to it weary
and worn, but the music of tho mer
ry laugh and the happy voices of
childhood cheer him. A plain but
healthful meal awaits him. Envy,
ambition and strife have no place
there, and with a clear conscience
he lays his weary limbs down to
rest in the bosom of his family, and
under tbe protecting care of tbe
poor man’s friend aud helper.
—Our editor lately received a pint
of popped com, with a request to
“insert.” Ho Bays such articles are
never crowded out by press of other
matter.
A Terse Haute girl thinks it is
about time w>me y oung fellow pro.
posed, as has been bridesmaid
eight times, and has been tantalized
enough.
—A Young gentleman who had
just married a little beauty says she
would have been taller, bat she was
made of such precious materials
that nature could not afford it.
A Young lady recently betroth
ed, says that “C. O. D,” meaDs Call
on Dad.